"Really? Does Second Brother really like me?"

Wan Qiu was eager to get another confirmation of Chu Yigui's words.

"Yes." Chu Yigui responded to Wan Qiu.

Wan Qiu's depressed mood was soothed by the words "I like to keep things simple".

Anything else is not important to Wan Qiu.

"Is there a way for me to make my second brother happy?"

In Wanqiu's opinion, relatives are people who can bring happiness to others.

Wan Qiu also hopes that he can be like this in front of his family.

"Maybe there is, but it will take a very long time." Chu Yigui said.

"What should I do?" For Wan Qiu, time is easy to get through as long as he has hope.

"As long as it's the same as before." Chu Yigui said.

Wan Qiu tilted his head.

"You don't need to do anything special." Chu Yigui said to Wan Qiu, "Just do what your brother wants you to do."

As long as Wan Qiu exists, as long as Wan Qiu returns to the Chu family, everything will be fine.

Wan Qiu is the last piece of the puzzle.

After seeing a puzzle with a piece missing for a long time, everyone will get used to it, and some people may even appreciate the missing piece as unique and beautiful.

When this puzzle is complete, you may feel uncomfortable at first, but you will eventually admire its beauty.

They are one after all, and they are gradually becoming complete.

Chu Yigui lowered his eyes.

He had been looking at this huge, complex puzzle longer than anyone else.

Suddenly, a pair of slightly cool hands touched Chu Yigui's forehead.

Chu Yigui woke up from his thoughts and looked at Wan Qiu.

"It seems that the fever hasn't come back." Wan Qiu said.

"Maybe the soup my brother made for me is very effective?" Chu Yigui looked at the pair of eyes that framed himself and smiled.

Wan Qiu retracted his hand, still staring at Chu Yigui, his clear eyes seemed to only carry him.

"Brother." Wan Qiu said, "Don't get sick."

Chu Yigui smiled lightly: "I'll try my best."

"I want to be with my brother all the time. It's not easy to be together when he's sick."

Chu Yigui knew that Wan Qiu was very dependent on him.

He let it go on purpose, and that's what he wanted.

But I'm afraid that when Wan Qiu said this, he didn't know how much this sentence meant to him.

Chu Yigui vaguely felt that perhaps he was looking at a puzzle.

But is he actually included in the real painting?

He was looking at the puzzle, and he and the puzzle entered the picture together. They might not be one, but they were in the same world.

"Yeah." Chu Yigui responded to Wan Qiu, "I understand, brother."

——

Chu Yigui's illness came and went quickly. Yang Xiaoyu teased that Chu Yigui still had the body of a teenager and was full of energy.

Chu Yigui told Wan Qiu that the other people in the family might be a little different from ordinary people, and they didn’t feel real to Wan Qiu.

Wan Qiu has always been in different families.

Wan Qiu only knows that every family is different.

And now here is the happiest place for Wan Qiu, and Wan Qiu does not want to pursue mediocrity.

What Wan Qiu wants is just a home where everyone can be happy together.

Although Wan Qiu didn't know how to coax Yang Ze, Yang Ze seemed to have returned to his old self.

After Wan Qiu and Chu Yigui go to class together, they will not be able to see Yang Ze for a while.

It was as if that brief accident was suddenly turned over.

On the first day back at school, Fu Zhengyu arrested Wan Qiu.

When asked why he didn't reply to his message and even asked for leave the next day, Wan Qiu thought he had been discovered. He was beaten and put in solitary confinement.

But when he found out that Chu Yigui caught a cold and didn't come to class because he went out in the rain, Fu Zhengyu felt a little envious.

Look at other people's families, if one person takes leave due to a cold or fever, the other person can also take leave to stay at home with him. He really envies such open-minded parents.

Fu Zhengyu was very happy to receive the gift that Wan Qiu brought back, so he didn't care that he didn't reply to his message.

Wan Qiu really came on a tricycle and brought a big bag of things.

At noon, Wan Qiu distributed all the things to Li Shuo and others, and then Wan Qiu was beaten up by everyone.

Wan Qiu returned to the classroom with messy hair, and Fu Zhengyu smiled from the junior high school to the elementary school.

After school in the afternoon, Li Shuo skipped a self-study class to take Wan Qiu and Fu Zhengyu out of the school to play, and a group of people gathered together.

Wan Qiu hadn't realized that Li Shuo had skipped class yet, and asked in confusion, "Where's my brother?"

"The teacher wants to see him for something." Li Shuo said casually. What he said was not wrong. The teacher asked Chu Yigui to manage the class discipline.

It has nothing to do with him anyway.

Wan Qiu was taken to a milk tea shop, and several people sat together. Li Shuo taught Wan Qiu how to play games.

"You're such a novice." Li Shuo expressed his contempt for Wan Qiu's gaming skills.

Wan Qiu was completely taught by Chu Zhang how to play games, and he just knows how to do it.

Fu Zhengyu suddenly asked, "Wan Qiu, didn't you say you wanted to prepare a birthday surprise for Brother Chu? If you are discovered, wouldn't Brother Chu already know what you are going to give him?"

Wan Qiu's shoulders stiffened, and his interest in playing the game dropped immediately.

"Chu Yigui's birthday?" Li Shuo didn't care about Chu Yigui's birthday. They were just classmates, and classmates didn't necessarily have to celebrate their birthdays together.

"A few days ago, Wan Qiu said he wanted to give Brother Chu a surprise for his birthday, and he even secretly ran out to buy a gift, but was discovered." Fu Zhengyu didn't know the details, and Wan Qiu himself didn't say much either.

Even Wan Qiu himself still has a vague feeling about what happened that day.

"Oh, if you find out, then you find out. It's just a gift." Li Shuo thought for a moment, "I'll pretend I don't know about it, and you guys can just pretend you never mentioned it."

"Why? Don't you want to attend Brother Chu's birthday party?" Fu Zhengyu didn't know.

Li Shuo curled his lips and said, "I hate celebrating someone's birthday and having to buy gifts. It would be better if I could just give money."

"But Brother Chu's family seems to be very rich?" Fu Zhengyu also thought of Wan Qiu's mother, who was very beautiful and noble.

"I don't have money, right?" Li Shuo snorted coldly, "If I don't have money, give me the money for the milk tea you ordered now."

"Brother, I was wrong, brother." Fu Zhengyu surrendered immediately.

Li Shuo looked at Wan Qiu, who was staring at them and looked as lost as a puppy, and thought for a moment.

“Gifts are gifts, surprises are surprises, there is no conflict.”

Although he said that, Li Shuo didn't know how to give Chu Yigui a surprise.

That guy looked like nothing could shake him.

After all, his relationship with Chu Yigui wasn't good enough to be called friends.

Li Shuo bit the straw and looked at Wan Qiu, whose eyes were bright and eagerly waiting for his next words...

The pressure is so great.

"Then..." Li Shuo racked his brains to think of a good solution...

Li Shuo's mind was full of bad ideas, but just thinking about these bad ideas, he felt that Chu Yigui would most likely be angry.

"Just..." Li Shuo wanted to avoid Wan Qiu's gaze, but even Fu Zhengyu's eyes began to look expectant.

Li Shuo gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't you buy a bouquet of flowers and send it to class?"

flower?

"I want to make a handmade flower for my brother." Wan Qiu has secretly started preparing at home these two days, and did it quietly without letting Chu Yigui find out.

"Then you should come early in the morning, put flowers on his seat, write his name on the blackboard, and wish him a happy birthday..."

Li Shuo could only think of the tricks he used to pursue girls. Apart from that, he really couldn't think of anything else.

However, Wan Qiu, who had never experienced such a thing before, gradually brightened his eyes.

Li Shuo seemed to see the dog's ears erect, but then they quickly drooped down.

Wan Qiu couldn't do such a thing.

Now I can no longer sneak out like before.

After hearing Wan Qiu's reasons, Li Shuo felt shocked.

But thinking about Wan Qiu's special situation, it didn't seem so outrageous.

Looking at Wan Qiu, Li Shuo finally gritted his teeth.

"Then you guys come earlier, I'll ask Chu Yigui to go out."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shuo wanted to slap himself.

When did he become so nosy?

Does he like small animals?

But seeing Wan Qiu's eyes light up again, Li Shuo suddenly realized what it meant to be in a difficult situation.

——

"Yigui, how do you want to celebrate your birthday tomorrow?" Yang Xiaoyu called Chu Yigui in advance to ask.

"It's still the same as before, just prepare it at home." Chu Yigui said.

"Mom bought you a bicycle." Yang Xiaoyu said with a smile on the other end of the phone, "When our Yigui grows up, Mom will buy you a bicycle."

Chu Yigui did not stop writing his homework, and spoke smoothly: "Thank you, Mom."

"Do you know what gift your baby has prepared for you?" Yang Xiaoyu asked.

"When my brother brought the gifts back, he wrapped them all in plastic bags, so I didn't see them clearly." Chu Yigui said.

"Really?" Yang Xiaoyu smiled. "I have classes the next day, so how about I celebrate my birthday in your little house today?"

"good."

After hanging up the phone, Chu Yigui didn't seem to be looking forward to his birthday.

To be honest, he was not really looking forward to the lively environment.

If you ask what you want for your birthday.

Probably because it's quiet.

Chu Yigui’s birthday is not his birth date, but the date he entered the orphanage.

He didn't want to mark the day he actually became an orphan.

but……

The pen in Chu Yigui's hand paused slightly.

In his mind emerged the words that Wan Qiu had said to him in the orphanage, in that dark corridor, on a cold winter night without snow.

From that time on, Chu Yigui felt that perhaps being sent to an orphanage was not so difficult to accept.

If I really had to choose between my date of birth and my date of admission...

Perhaps an admission date would be better.

The pen twirled between his fingers, and Chu Yigui realized that he was actually thinking about such meaningless things.

At this time of day, Wan Qiu should have already started sleeping.

But Wanqiu hasn't come out to wash yet today.

Chu Yigui had already finished his homework and opened the other content he needed to study.

I just found that for some reason today, I didn't seem to be as focused as usual.

Chu Yigui turned his eyes to the alarm clock beside him. The time shown on it showed that it was his birthday in ten minutes.

Chu Yigui had to admit that he really felt that these ten minutes passed very slowly.

When he saw the second hand pointing to twelve, Chu Yigui realized that his heartbeat had begun to accelerate.

He also knew very well that this was probably a sense of anticipation.

When Chu Yigui heard the sound of Wan Qiu opening the door, he could no longer read the words on the book in front of him.

Chu Yigui turned his head and saw Wan Qiu standing very close to their door, holding something in his hands.

That box is actually pretty big.

And it was only today that Chu Yigui truly saw the entire appearance of the box.

Wan Qiu stood at his door, humming Happy Birthday softly.

When they were alone at night, Wan Qiu's voice seemed particularly abrupt, but Wan Qiu didn't seem to be particularly shy.

Chu Yigui listened until Wan Qiu’s Happy Birthday song ended.

"Happy birthday, brother." Wan Qiu said.

"Thank you, brother." Chu Yigui smiled.

Wan Qiu placed the gift in his hand on Chu Yigui's desk.

There is a beautiful little house printed on the not-so-small box.

This is a DIY handmade cottage.

Chu Yigui was a little surprised. He originally thought that such a box would be a plastic toy that children would like.

He even thought about whether it might be a water gun or something like a stuffed toy.

"I think this needs to be made." Chu Yigui thought, teasing Wan Qiu, "Brother, are you planning to let me make my own living?"

"I'll do it with you." Wan Qiu said immediately.

Chu Yigui was a little surprised. It was obvious that Wan Qiu was not unaware that this was a handmade item, but he really intended to make it.

"It will probably take a lot of time." Chu Yigui thought for a while, "It will probably take at least one or two months."

"It doesn't matter." Wan Qiu stood in front of Chu Yigui and said seriously, "This way I can build a family with my brother."

Chu Yigui felt that maybe he shouldn't think too much about it.

Just like he always did.

However, he had been with Wan Qiu for too long and was too focused on Wan Qiu, so Chu Yigui almost instantly understood Wan Qiu's unspoken thoughts.

His brother was always sensitive and intelligent.

"Thank you, brother." Chu Yigui finally returned Wan Qiu's smile, calmly, just like any other time.

Anyone will show intimacy in front of people they are familiar with.

Chu Yigui knew that he was also one of the ordinary people.

Had his tranquility been torn apart by Wan Qiu a long time ago and peeped into to the deepest part?

At midnight on his birthday, when he was paying attention to the time, his brother gave him the first punctual birthday greeting.

Wan Qiu said he had to go out early to do his duty in the morning and switched duties with someone in his class.

Chu Yigui didn't say anything, but went to class with Wan Qiu.

When I arrived at the classroom, I found Li Shuo sitting in his seat with a tired look on his face. When he saw Chu Yigui, he looked at him with disgust.

"Come out with me." After seeing Chu Yigui put down his schoolbag, Li Shuo knocked on Chu Yigui's desk.

The sparse number of students who arrived early were looking over here curiously.

Chu Yigui didn't say anything and followed Li Shuo.

The temperature difference between day and night is very large during this period, and the cold air in the early morning will still make people's hair stand on end.

When they arrived at the playground, Li Shuo gave Chu Yigui a bag of breakfast.

Chu Yigui lowered his eyes and looked at the steamed buns and hot porridge that had moisture forming in the plastic bag due to the heat, but still took them from Li Shuo.

Chu Yigui ate the buns slowly and gently. Li Shuo sat next to the basketball hoop, looking up at the cloudy sky with a dull look in his eyes.

The sound of Chu Yigui's plastic tube piercing through the cup of hot porridge interrupted Li Shuo's daze.

"By the way, were we friends before?"

Li Shuo thought about it carefully for a long time, but still didn't know when he and Chu Yigui became so close.

However, Chu Yigui did not speak either.

The two stood in the cold wind of the early morning, and only Li Shuo, who had not had breakfast, was gradually losing the temperature.

"But now it seems like we are friends." Li Shuo murmured, and then raised his eyes again, "Do you really have friends?"

Chu Yigui still did not answer Li Shuo's question.

Li Shuo felt that Chu Yigui must have no friends, which was why he was silent.

But when I think about it carefully, I feel that Chu Yigui seems to get along well with other classmates in the class and has participated in group activities. He is not a loner.

As he spoke, Li Shuo suddenly narrowed his eyes and asked, "You don't think I'm your friend, do you?"

Li Shuo usually doesn't say corny words like "You are my friend" or "Let's be friends".

But for some reason, when Chu Yigui was leaning against the basketball hoop, Li Shuo felt a chill.

Normally I wouldn’t feel cold when playing and joking with other people, but now it’s obviously not that cold, but the chill is penetrating into my bones.

Chu Yigui burped, which was rare. He had already finished all his breakfast. He covered his lips unconsciously, obviously looking a little uncomfortable.

"What's wrong with you? Did you vomit? I also had buns from this restaurant this morning, they were quite delicious." Li Shuo's attention was immediately diverted.

"I've already had breakfast." Chu Yigui said, throwing the garbage in his hand into a nearby trash can.

Li Shuo followed behind, tilting his head in confusion: "You're still eating after you've eaten?"

Chu Yigui calmed down for a while before saying, "But if this is a birthday gift, there is no reason for me to refuse it."

Li Shuo's expression changed several times, and finally he let out a sigh.

Chu Yigui continued, "It's unusual for you to arrive at school early, not to mention treating me to a meal so early in the morning."

Li Shuo had no way to refute.

The two of them quietly watched their classmates go from being bustling in the morning to now having many students on their way to school.

Chu Yigui asked: "Can't we go back yet?"

Li Shuo stretched his body to warm himself up: "Your personality makes people feel very boring."

Chu Yigui did not deny: "If you don't like it, I can cooperate with you."

"That's enough." Li Shuo pouted in disdain and asked curiously, "Did you know this from the beginning?"

"Brother doesn't lie." Chu Yigui thought of Wan Qiu's wandering eyes when he lied about being on duty, "But thank you for teaching brother how to lie."

"Isn't lying something we are born with?" Li Shuo sneered.

Chu Yigui did not explain to Li Shuo.

There is no need to explain.

Wan Qiu needs to learn a lot, and even Chu Yigui hopes that Wan Qiu can learn some negative emotions and thoughts.

Only by understanding and experiencing it can you truly understand the negative meaning.

He introduced Li Shuo to Wan Qiu, hoping that Li Shuo's reckless behavior could have some influence on Wan Qiu to a certain extent.

And these are things he cannot teach Wan Qiu.

Li Shuo glanced at Chu Yigui: "You act like a decent person in front of Wan Qiu, are you a brother complex?"

However, this time, Chu Yigui still did not refute.

But it was different from the previous light-hearted answer.

"I like my brother very much."

Li Shuo didn't know how to understand this sentence, but he felt that it was probably true.

It just sounds a little weird for some reason.

"Let's go. It's freezing." Li Shuo rubbed his palms and walked towards the teaching building with his neck shrunk.

When the two reached the door, there were only five minutes left until class started.

The teacher had arrived at the classroom early. Seeing Chu Yigui, he smiled at her.

Chu Yigui saw at a glance his name and happy birthday wishes written all over the blackboard.

Colorful chalks of different colors and handwritings of different colors filled the entire black space.

Chu Yigui also saw that there were not only Wan Qiu’s childish chalk words on it, but also blessings from other students in the class.

This is somewhat childish, but also somewhat interesting.

Chu Yigui looked at his name written in different fonts.

Standing here, in the eyes of everyone, in this short period of time, he is unique in everyone's eyes.

When Chu Yigui returned to his seat, he saw a bouquet of flowers on his seat.

It is a handmade flower, the same one that Wanqiu made for his birthday.

only……

Ninety-nine red roses.

Each rose is made of bright red colored paper, carefully and meticulously made to look the most beautiful.

The black outer packaging clusters them together, showing a gorgeous appearance.

Wan Qiu probably doesn't understand what the ninety-nine red roses represent.

Chu Yigui picked up the bouquet of flowers and wanted to put it on the windowsill at the back of the classroom.

What enters the nose is a faint fragrance, not the smell of perfume, but more like the smell on Wan Qiu's body.

Chu Yigui remembered that Wanqiu kept the door closed every night during these few days.

Chu Yigui's hands tightened unconsciously, but he heard the crackling sound of wrapping paper.

He immediately let go of her hand, not even noticing how cautious he was.

Chu Yigui placed the handmade rose on the windowsill. He would take it home tonight.

The teacher sitting on the podium asked the student council member to start a happy birthday song, and the student council member did not refuse.

The whole class sang Happy Birthday together.

Chu Yigui's expression was a little unnatural.

In the end, he just smiled, and he smiled happily in front of everyone.

Everyone saw Chu Yigui smile and started to make a noise.

When the head teacher asked the students on duty to come up and wipe the blackboard, Chu Yigui took the initiative to get the blackboard eraser.

He wiped away the surprise his brother had given him with his own hands.

When each chalk word was erased, Chu Yigui looked at the words again carefully and meticulously.

Until they disappear.

When Wan Qiu got out of class, he secretly sent a message to Li Shuo.

Wan Qiu: Was your brother surprised?

Li Shuo: What a surprise.

Li Shuo replied quickly, and Wan Qiu also tried hard to speed up his typing.

Wan Qiu: Is he happy?

Li Shuo did not answer, but sent a photo to Wan Qiu.

It looked like a candid shot, and Wan Qiu saw it on Chu Yigui's face.

Chu Yigui is very handsome, and he can show his unique handsomeness no matter what angle he is photographed from. Surrounded by a group of people, he is also smiling happily.

But at least at this moment, Wan Qiu felt that at the moment the photo was frozen, his younger brother, who had always been out of tune with the surroundings, did not seem so abrupt.