"Old, male~"

Li Xingruo whispered this sentence in his ear in a voice full of shame.

Listening to this faint but clear voice, Lin Lu's eyelids twitched, and he opened his eyes in a daze.

Only then did I realize that the sky was already dawning, and I felt that there was a soft weight on my body, which was so comfortable that I didn't want to wake up.

"It's nine o'clock, aren't you awake?"

The sister next door snuggled up to her whole body, Lin Lu could feel her soft and sweet breath, she fell on top of him, filling the gap between each other's bodies, her eyebrows lowered and her eyes looked down at his eyes, the corners of her mouth were hooked with a wicked smile, and her mischievous fingers pinched a strand of hair to tickle the tip of his nose.

The morning light shining into the house lit up her snow-white and delicate skin, and Lin Lu took a deep breath and hugged her tightly.

"It's dawn, what about the gifts?"

"Isn't it already in Sister Xingruo's arms?"

“…… Bah! Hurry up and give me a gift~! ”

is obviously a twenty-three-year-old girl, but on her birthday, she still can't help but be coquettish with him, and she rubs on him, Lin Lu can't bear it.

"Gift ~ Gift! If you sell it again, I'll punish you!" ”

"Okay, good, it's really impossible to take Sister Xingruo......"

Li Xingruo was satisfied, looking at his eyes expectantly, the two looked at each other, but they didn't see him take the gift for a long time.

"Where?"

"What? Sister Xingruo hasn't seen the gift yet? ”

“…… Don't want you! ”

"Didn't say me, look at the bed."

"Huh?"

Hearing him say this, Li Xingruo finally got up from his arms, and when she woke up early in the morning, she was lying in the bed, and she never went down.

I easily spotted a pair of high heels that were placed next to the bed.

"Huh, hey!!"

Li Xingruo was shocked, looking surprised: "I remember that I didn't have it before going to bed, when did you put it next to the bed?!" ”

"I don't know, I didn't put it, maybe Santa Claus put it, we fell asleep, so we secretly came to give gifts."

"You're still selling off......!"

How can a girl not like a little surprise, Li Xingruo slapped him happily, and couldn't wait to pick up the pair of high heels and take a look.

Feeling the light weight in her hands and the careful material and workmanship of her shoes, her eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly, and the corners of her mouth naturally hooked up a sweet smile.

"Did you do it yourself?"

"Uh-huh~"

"When did you do it? How did I not know? ”

"Of course I did it secretly!"

"It's the same as not saying!"

"Sister Xingruo, try it."

Needless to say than Lin Lu, Li Xingruo had already put down his high heels and put a pair of snowy white feet into his shoes.

When she was a foot model for Lin Lu before, she wore the pair of high heels he made, although those shoes were good-looking, they didn't quite fit her feet, and this pair was different, perfectly fitting her foot shape.

Compared with the pair he made himself, this pair is obviously more advanced than one grade in terms of material and workmanship design, the upper leather is glowing with a soft luster, full of careful details, and the shape of her legs is more graceful, like a work of art, which is enough to make the girl fall in love.

"It's so pretty......"

"Does Sister Xingruo like it?"

Lin Lu also crawled out of the quilt at some point, sat behind her, hugged her waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and bowed his head with her to appreciate the gift.

"I like it~!"

Li Xingruo couldn't put down admiring these high heels, which Lin Lu made for her personally, and this intention alone was enough for her to show off.

"These high heels look better if you wear a skirt, but it's a pity that it's so cold now that you can't wear a skirt......" Li Xingruo is a little pity, thinking that he can only wait until next spring to wear it.

"Yes, does Sister Xingruo know what skirt looks best with it?"

"What?"

"Wedding dress."

Lin Lu pouted on her pink side face and said softly: "With the wedding dress I designed for Sister Xingruo, it is the best-looking." ”

So Li Xingruo's mind appeared a picture, wearing the high heels he designed, wearing the wedding dress he designed, she felt that she must be the most beautiful girl in the world, obviously she had woken up, but at the moment it seemed like she was in a dream.

"Then you have to do what you say, or I'll knock you on the head with the heel~!"

"I'm so good to Sister Xingruo, you still want to knock me on the head?"

Li Xingruo giggled, sat on the edge of the bed, and stepped on his high heels like a child, and the heels made a crisp sound on the floor.

Just when she thought she had received Lin Lu's birthday gift, his voice sounded in her ears magnetically, evoking more surprises in her:

"And gifts."

“…… What do you mean? ”

"And what better gift than high heels!"

"Huh?!"

Li Xingruo was stunned and wanted to give birth to him in high heels now.

"What is it?!"

"Don't tell Sister Xingruo."

"Then I'll find it myself! Hum! ”

Li Xingruo happily searched everywhere in the quilt, on the table, and on the floor, although he didn't find any gifts for a long time, he looked happy.

After a while, she almost rummaged through the room, but she couldn't find the shadow of the gift, so she stared at Lin Lu with some resentment.

"Stinky guy, dare to play sister, see if I don't clean up your ......!"

"Ahh Not! I really didn't lie to Sister Xingruo! ”

Lin Lu hid in the quilt, and the embarrassed sister next door pounced on him, insisting that he quickly say the answer.

"Brush your teeth and wash your face first, and tell Sister Xingruo later."

"Humph!"

Li Xingruo let him go, let go of his handle, got up and went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face.

After a while, I heard her exclamation, followed by the sound of high heels running over.

The little girl held up the washing cup in her hand, on which was placed toothpaste and toothbrush, and in addition to that, a bright red rose.

"How can there be a rose in a cup?!"

"It's obvious - it was your handsome husband who put it."

"Stinky Forest Road, what did you do last night while I was asleep!"

"Does Sister Xingruo like it?"

"Hee-hee, I like ......"

Li Xingruo was stunned, she had never tried to be like this today, as if by magic, seeing one gift after another, sticking to Lin Lu every day tomorrow, but even so, she didn't notice when he brought a rose to the house.

The smart girl could feel that this rose was definitely not the end, and she didn't ask Lin Lu anymore, and happily took the washing cup back to brush her teeth and wash her face to see what else he could do.

After brushing her teeth and washing her face, she put this beautiful rose back into the cup, she admired it sweetly, and Lin Lu, who had been hiding in the room for a long time, finally came out.

He put his hands behind his back, looking like he had a gift hidden behind me, leaning against the edge of the doorframe, and looking at her with a smile.

Li Xingruo's heartbeat increased uncontrollably, but his expression still pretended to be calm.

"Y-What are you hiding behind you?"

"Sister Xingruo guess?"

“……”

Stinky Forest Road! Bad Forest Road! If Li Xing was teased by him, where would he be willing to guess obediently, giggling and rushing over to snatch what was hidden behind him.

Before she could grab it, a large bouquet of ninety-nine gorgeous roses appeared in front of her eyes in an instant, unlike the delicate rose just now, when this large bouquet of roses appeared in the girl's eyes in an instant, she only felt like fireworks were in full bloom.

"Sister Xingruo~~Happy Birthday~~ I love you!"

"I hate it, and I ...... sell it off"

Li Xingruo took the big bouquet of roses in his hand, although the weather was cold, but at this moment she felt that her whole body was flowing with warmth, not rippling, not dispersing, she put the flowers to the tip of her nose and sniffed deeply, and the color of the flowers ran to her pretty face, which was beautiful.

"Sister Xingruo, close your eyes."

"And, what?!"

"Close your eyes, you will make a wish, and if you don't make a wish, you will not have it!"

Hearing him say this, the sister next door who was holding the flower quickly closed her eyes and closed her eyes very hard.

First, he gently hugged her waist, and he gently pecked her smooth forehead.

Her eyelids twitched and she wanted to open them, but he said, 'I can't open them yet,' and she continued to stay still.

When you close your eyes, you can't see him, but your sense of hearing and touch becomes more sensitive.

She could feel Lin Lu standing behind her, wondering what he was going to do, and then a light coldness gently fell on her beautiful and fair neck.

Li Xingruo held her breath, her heart was pounding, her eyelids were trembling even more, she had already guessed what it was, she wanted to open her eyes to see, but she didn't dare.

Until Lin Lu held her shoulders and slowly turned around with her, she stood in front of the mirror with a large bouquet of roses in her hand.

"Okay, Sister Xingruo can open her eyes~!"

“…… I don't dare! ”

"Why don't you dare?"

"It feels like a dream!"

"It's not a dream, open your eyes and see."

After a while, she slowly opened her eyes in an excited mood, and she looked at herself holding flowers in the mirror, and Lin Lu, who was standing a head above her with her hands on her shoulders.

Her eyes fell on her neck in the mirror, the beautiful neck that was originally empty, now wearing an elegant and beautiful platinum necklace, the pendant is a minimalist dream star and moon shape, and the bright diamond in the center is like a star in the night sky, embellishing her exquisite collarbone, exuding a charming light.

Li Xingruo stretched out his hand in a daze, gently rubbed the necklace around his neck, his small mouth opened slightly, and he wanted to speak and stopped, but he was so excited that he couldn't say anything.

"Forest, Forest Road......"

"It's my husband."

"Old, husband......"

"Do you like it?"

"Love ......"

"I didn't hear you."

"Like! Like! ”

Lin Lu smiled, hugged her waist, and looked at her beautiful in the mirror with her.

"If you like it, this chain is also designed by myself, and its name is Xingyue."

"Star-Moon ......"

In fact, there is no need for Lin Lu to say, just by looking at the necklace pendant's highly creative Xingyue design shape, she can guess its name.

This is a necklace designed by his own hands, named after her.

Girls are always sensual, and being loved so deeply by him makes Li Xingruo can't help but redden, making her like a real woman, with that kind of sweet mood.

"Hey, why is Sister Xingruo still crying?!"

"Uh......h Leave me alone, I'll just cry for ten minutes. ”

"Don't cry, don't cry, there's more! It's not like there are no gifts, and there are! ”

"What?! And, what?! ”

Lin Lu didn't say that it was okay, as soon as he said this, Li Xingruo burst into tears, obviously she was not sad at all, it was the first time in her life that she shed tears because she was too happy, and it turned out that people really cry when they are too happy.

If Li Xingruo thinks about it, when the time comes, she will wear the high heels he gave, wear the necklace he gave, put the roses he gave him at the head of the bed, and then give him a football team.

After a series of gift bombardments, the two of them forgot to eat breakfast, but fortunately, Lin Lu was sympathetic to her, leaving some space for her to soothe her mood, and the rest of the gifts would be given to her later.

Today is Li Xingruo's birthday, and it happens to be a weekend, in the past, every birthday was spent in the dormitory with a few good girlfriends, and now that everyone has graduated, it is rare to have such an opportunity, so I made an appointment to come to the house to eat hot pot at noon.

Li Xingruo put the roses sent by Lin Lu in the most conspicuous place in the living room;

The necklace sent by Lin Lu was worn around his neck and he did not take it off;

I wanted to wear the high heels sent by Lin Lu, but the weather was too cold, so I had to retreat to the room and wait for my girlfriends to find out;

After a simple breakfast, the sister and brother went downstairs to buy vegetables together, and when they came back, they washed and cleaned up together to prepare a sumptuous hot pot at noon.

Zhong Qing, Jiang Meng, and Cao Nianqiao, the three little girlfriends, came over together and came to Lin Lu's house on time at half past eleven o'clock in the afternoon.

When the doorbell rang, Lin Lu and Li Xingruo were still washing vegetables in the kitchen, the kitchen was connected to the hot water pipe, and it was okay to wash the vegetables, but if the hot water was not connected, the water would be prickly cold.

"Senior Sister Xiaoqing, are they here?"

"I'll open the door!"

Li Xingruo wiped his hands, and Brin Bulin ran to the door with the little fat cat and opened the door.

I haven't seen three stinky girlfriends yet, but I first saw the cake held high in front of me.

"Hahaha, you're here!"

"Happy Birthday! Ruobao ~~~!! ”

"Oh my God, Ruobao, you really live with your stinky brother! We almost rang the doorbell next door! ”

"Shared, shared! What cohabitation?! ”

"Haha, do you believe Xiaomeng?"

"I don't believe it!"

"Qiaoqiao, do you believe it?"

"I don't believe it either!"

"You ......!"

"It's cold, it's cold, let's go find evidence!"

The three girlfriends stuffed the cake to Li Xingruo and squeezed into the house with a giggle, trying to find evidence that Ruobao hooked up with her stinky brother like they did last time.

"Look, look! What kind of flowers is this bouquet? ”

"It's a rose! I'll count them...... Ninety-nine!! ”

"I said, didn't you all find Ruobao's neck?"

“…… Oh, my God! This chain ......!! How can you look so good?! ”

The three women surrounded Li Xingruo, admiring the necklace around her neck as if they were stunned, girls, they have always been irresistible to beautiful jewelry, they all said diamonds and diamonds or something, and sure enough, they still saw it with their own eyes, and they were shocked to realize that it was so dazzling and shiny.

"What kind of style is this? It's beautiful! ”

"I don't know...... Lin Lu designed it himself and asked others to customize it......"

"Crazy! How come I don't have this kind of brother?? ”

When the three women were amazed, Lin Lu came out of the kitchen wearing an apron, rolling up his sleeves, and looking like a family man, to greet the sisters.

"Hello Senior Sister Xiaoqing, Senior Sister Xiaomeng, Senior Sister Qiaoqiao, Sister Xingruo, you accompany Senior Sister to talk to them, I have prepared the dishes."

“……！！”

Necklaces and flowers are a big killer for girls, and such a handsome man at home is even more lore, and the eyes of the three old girlfriends are different when they look at Li Xingruo.

"What?! These high heels are made by Lin Lu himself?! ”

After thoroughly visiting the nest of Lin Lu and Li Xingruo, the three old girlfriends who had agreed to be single together for a lifetime couldn't help but yearn for love.

The date of Lin Lu and Li Xingruo's engagement has been set on March 16 next year, and the hookup between the two has been hidden from the three girlfriends for so long, and now Li Xingruo does not plan to hide it.

After eating the hot pot together, Li Xingruo clapped her palms, and under the gaze of the three girlfriends, she blushed and took Lin Lu's hand, interlocking her fingers with him.

"Shhhhh

"Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee......"

The three girlfriends laughed, and Li Xingruo, who was already ashamed to say it, was even more embarrassed to say it.

Lin Lu was still thick-skinned, and in front of her best friend, he tilted his head and slapped her face, so the girlfriends applauded and screamed.

"Sister Xingruo is embarrassed to say, let's talk about it, thank you to the three good sisters for their care of Sister Xingruo all the time, thank you to the three good sisters for their support to us, now, I am with Sister Xingruo! We're in love! We will be engaged in March next year! ”

"Engaged, engaged???!!!

"Ruobao! You gave?! ”

“…… Ah! Don't listen to him! ”

The birthday party with my girlfriends lasted until about four o'clock in the afternoon.

After tidying up the house, Lin Lu and Li Xingruo drove the three seniors back together, and then the two went back to their mother together, because today is her birthday, for this prospective daughter-in-law, where can Zou Wanrou not prepare.

A large table of sumptuous birthday dinner, the old mother also wrapped a big birthday red envelope for Li Xingruo, and the two cute and cute sisters also prepared the same birthday gift for the future sister-in-law as on her brother's birthday, a large jar of origami stars that will shine.

The parents at home also sent their blessings, Lin Lu and Li Xingruo walked outside hand in hand, and she made an hour-long video call with her mother.

It was already more than ten o'clock in the evening when she got home, and she was excited and happy all day, and when she took a bath and soaked her feet, she was lying on the bed with Lin Lu, and her mood calmed down a little.

Lin Lu took her in his arms and kissed her gently.

"Sister Xingruo, is she happy today?"

"Happy~"

"How many gifts did you receive today?"

"That's a lot~"

"Who gave you the most?"

"Husband~"

Li Xingruo grinned, curled up in his warm embrace like a baby, and couldn't help but bite him.

"Sister Xingruo forgot?"

"What?"

"I'm not done with my gifts yet."

"Really, really?!"

The mood that had calmed down a little couldn't help but get excited at this moment.

Lin Lu picked her up and put her at the head of the bed, got up and opened the drawer.

Li Xingruo looked at him with a pounding heartbeat, not knowing what gifts he would come up with, because one was more precious than the other.

The drawer was locked, and she had the keys to all the drawers in Linlu, but not the one.

Under the gaze of his sister behind him, Lin Lu took out an iron box from this locked drawer, and he sat down beside her as if he were a treasure, and handed the box to her.

Li Xingruo's heart beat faster, she didn't open the box in a hurry, but turned her head to look at him a little overwhelmed, from Lin Lu's performance, she could feel that the contents of the box were extremely precious to him.

"What is it......"

"Sister Xingruo, just open it and take a look."

"Isn't it precious......

"It's precious, it's something that changes my fate."

“……”

With curiosity and solemnity, Li Xingruo opened the box.

It wasn't jewelry, it wasn't any jewelry, it was just a painting lying quietly in a box.

An extremely inconspicuous painting, a painting that even junior high school students will not preserve, and even the paper is the most ordinary white paper, and after years of precipitation, the white paper is even a little yellowed.

After the secret in the box was opened by her own hands, it was visible to the naked eye, Lin Lu's expression softened even more, and he gently grabbed her shoulders and held her in his arms.

She looked at the painting, he looked at her.

"This—This is ......"

"I painted it seven years ago."

Li Xingruo looked at the content of the painting, and could barely tell that it was a girl, with a goose egg face, big eyes, shoulder-length short hair, wearing a fluffy powder blue sweatshirt, and the brushstrokes of the environment were childish, about a park on a winter afternoon.

She had seen too many stunning paintings of Lin Lu, and this was the first time she had seen such a clumsy painting of Lin Lu.

So the doubt in his heart was even worse, what kind of story did this clumsy painting have, which would make him keep it as a treasure for seven years?!

Who is the girl in the painting?

She inexplicably has a sense of immediacy, but her painting skills are too clumsy, and she can't tell who the people in the painting are even if she recalls the people around her.

Li Xingruo's heart was suddenly a little sour, she envied the girl in the painting, probably this is Lin Lu's white moonlight, otherwise she can't imagine any reason, Lin Lu will keep this painting for seven years.

But if it was his white moonlight, then why did he give her this painting?

Li Xingruo finally took his eyes off the painting, and looked at Lin Lu with some panic, some helplessness, and some confusion.

"She—Who is she......"

"Sister Xingruo didn't recognize it?"

"I know?"

"If people's memories start at the earliest age of three, then Sister Xingruo should have known her for twenty years."

Li Xingruo was stunned.

"She's you."

Li Xingruo's eyes widened, his face was full of incredulity, and he looked at the painting in his hand again.

After a while, she sneered and said, "You're teasing me again!" This looks like you've been drawing for years, how could it be me, although I also have short hair, although I also have a sweatshirt like this...... Even though I、I ...... seven years ago"

Before Lin Lu could speak, she was stunned as she spoke, her eyes widened, she turned her head to look at Lin Lu suddenly, her eyes were full of confusion and confusion, her small mouth opened slightly, and she wanted to speak again.

"You ......"

"Sister Xingruo, do you remember the scene when we first met?"

Lin Lu smiled and asked softly in her ear.

If it were usual, Lin Lu asked her like this, she would not hesitate to say that on Valentine's Day in February, the two met in the elevator.

But at this moment, the memory of the long ago suddenly squeezed into her mind, and her thoughts drifted to seven years ago with his voice-

The air conditioner was turned on in the room, the warm air from the air conditioner brought his smell and sound, he put his arm around her shoulder, everything was so real, so palpable.

But as he spoke, she felt like she was in a dream, and her eyes looked at him blankly, as if she had seen a little fat man crying alone in the park on a winter day seven years ago......

"When I first met Sister Xingruo, you had shoulder-length short hair and a powder blue sweatshirt, remember, that day I sat alone on the stone chair and cried my nose, so embarrassed, but you came to talk to me, when I looked up, you bent over and asked me what's wrong, the sun is on your side, and now in retrospect, I still can't open my eyes......"

“…… If you stay with me, you say it's okay to bask in the sun more, and the moldy mood will be much better, and I still remember the brilliant warmth of the sun that day, and the taste of the candy you gave me......"

“…… But Sister Xingruo missed the appointment, you didn't go to the park the next day, and you didn't go to the park on the third day, one month, two months, one year, two years, three years...... Seven years. ”

It's another winter day, and Lin Lu's voice turns into a paintbrush, outlining her dusty memories.

"I went every day, until my parents finished the formalities and I moved here, and I was thinking, I must learn to draw, I must draw very well, so that even if I will never see you again in this life, as soon as I see your paintings, I can think of you."

Li Xingruo's body trembled, and a huge warm current rushed from her heart to the top of her head, and she looked up at him, who was completely different from what she remembered.

"It was Sister Xingruo who changed my fate, your gentleness in the memories is loud every time, your appearance, like a gentle breeze, gives me peace of mind and tranquility, and makes me feel that this world has become more beautiful."

"I'm glad to meet you again, Sister Xingruo is curious about how I recognized you, it was you who said the same thing that day, and it was the day I saw the photo of you. It is from this time that I believe in fate, I believe that people who are destined will eventually meet, thinking back to the first time I saw many years ago, my heart is full of tenderness, I feel that you are as lonely as me, I suddenly feel that I have found what I want to do - I can make you happy. ”

"I have met many people in my life, some are like fireworks between my fingers, flashing for a moment, buried in the passing years, and you are different, you are like the Big Dipper, through the entire universe, across the sky of my heart, it is you who let me have the best memories and the warmest feelings."

"I yearn for the beautiful world, for the beautiful you in my life."

"Sister Xingruo knows, I liked you at first sight - on that winter day seven years ago."

Lin Lu's words hit the softest place in her heart, it was a reunion after a long absence, it was looking for and waiting, it was fate and love that belonged to her alone.

She raised her head, her eyes were red, she never thought that her small actions back then would be like the wings of a butterfly, so much change in him, her tear ducts could not be containedly fragile, the past, the pain, the growth, the future, and the tenderness of his faith stirred together, shaking her chest and making the corners of her eyes tremble.

"Uh......h You are really the little fat pig that my sister has come to repay her kindness! ”

“…… Sister Xingruo, don't spoil the artistic conception, hey! Can you use some cultured adjectives? ”

"You're the little fat pig who repays the favor......"

Although the words pulled her hips, her intentions were finally transmitted, she threw herself tightly into Lin Lu's arms, buried her face in his chest, wrapped her hands around his body, and buried herself in his body like this, listening to the beating of the two hearts.

Lin Lu stroked her thin and slender back and exhaled softly.

"Every time I am with Sister Xingruo, I feel that the time is short and the years are long, I don't know how far the future is, but as long as Sister Xingruo doesn't let go, I will never leave, I don't want to ask about the meaning of life, but heaven and earth are you, this moment is you, life is you, reality is you, dreams are you, steps are you, the road is you, the waves are you, the distance is you, the heart is mine, but it is full of you."

His hand slipped from her shoulder, down her arm to her palm.

In the warm light, Lin Lu raised Li Xingruo's left hand and put a ring into her ring finger.

Li Xingruo's little hand trembled, and all the questions that had been piled up and ready to continue to ask collapsed in an instant, leaving only the fate that surrounded the ring finger.

Indescribable, almost overflowing intense emotions bloomed on her ring finger, and the brilliant diamond sparkled like a star and moon.

"Sister Xingruo, marry me."

"Marry you."

Li Xingruo gently rubbed the ring on his ring finger with his fingertips and quietly lowered his eyes.

"So, is Sister Xingruo ready to accept my last gift?"

"What is it?"

Lin Lu didn't answer, just turned off the light in the room.

Under the glowing night light, the two got into the bed together.

"I'm going to repay Sister Xingruo~!"

"Hate ——!"

It was late at night, and the soft voice of the sister next door melted into the vast winter night......

(Preview: It will end tomorrow!) ）

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