After school in the afternoon, Fu Zhengyu had to go home early because of something at home, leaving Wan Qiu alone waiting in the playground.
Wan Qiu was reciting his lessons in the noisy playground while holding his book, glancing towards the entrance of the teaching building from time to time.
Until I saw Chu Yigui coming out of the teaching building from afar, holding the very eye-catching handmade flowers.
There were other classmates surrounding Chu Yigui, and everyone was talking to him excitedly.
Wan Qiu could see Chu Yigui's smile from afar.
From a distance, watching Chu Yigui playing and fighting with his classmates, the feeling of being out of place never dissipated.
But there seemed to be something, like the green that gradually bloomed in this season, Wan Qiu saw new green leaves that had never been there before.
It is a brand new, unique emotion belonging to Chu Yigui, blooming in Wan Qiu's eyes.
Chu Yigui said something to the people around him, and the others dispersed. Chu Yigui went to Wan Qiu.
He was still smiling.
It's just that it's not the hearty laughter like when I was with my classmates, but a softer one...
Like the calm ending after an exciting chapter in a musical score.
The last note of the music turned into two words.
"elder brother."
Wan Qiu looked at Chu Yigui with his head tilted, and raised the rose handmade flower in his hand.
"Thanks."
When Wan Qiu and Chu Yigui returned home, noisy sounds were already being heard in the room.
The moment they entered the door, Chu Zhang suddenly jumped out from the side and said, "Happy birthday, youngest."
Chu Zhang was not late today due to being too busy at work; he even arrived home early.
He saw the rose in Chu Yigui's arms at a glance and looked at it eagerly. The only person in this family who would do such a thing was Wan Qiu.
"Our Wanqiu really put a lot of effort into the youngest's birthday." Chu Zhang said, pointing to the kitchen, "My gift to our Yigui is a dinner prepared by a chef from a very famous hotel nearby while I was filming!"
"Thank you, brother." Chu Yigui responded with a smile, walked past Chu Zhang and planned to put the schoolbag and flowers in his room.
Chu Zhang asked Wan Qiu: "Wan Qiu, why did you think of giving roses to the youngest?"
Wan Qiu thought for a moment and said, "I've often seen people giving flowers like this to other people before."
"Is that so?" Chu Zhang took Wan Qiu to the sofa, "But roses are not for family members, but for lovers."
Wan Qiu blinked and asked in confusion, "Lover?"
"That's right, it's a lover, just like dad and mom. It's a flower that boys use when they pursue girls." Chu Zhang explained to Wan Qiu very seriously.
As the autumn wore on, I seemed to recall the flowers I remembered, and it seemed that they were always given to the opposite sex.
"Ah... then I was wrong." Wan Qiu reacted belatedly.
"It doesn't matter." Chu Yigui was not far away from them and obviously heard what they said, "Flowers themselves don't have the meaning that humans have given them."
Wan Qiu asked: "Do you like it?"
Chu Yigui noticed that Chu Zhang, who was secretly half-hugging Wan Qiu from behind, was also looking at him.
Looking at Wan Qiu, Chu Yigui responded: "Yes, I like it very much, thank you brother."
Wan Qiu got a positive answer and smiled.
Chu Zhang also looked at Chu Yigui with a half-smile: "It can be seen that you are very happy to have your birthday today. Big brother is happy for you too."
Chu Yigui seemed to have noticed something.
This sentence did not seem to be a polite remark, but a rare friendly signal from Chu Zhang to him.
Chu Yigui roughly knew why Chu Zhang hated him.
However, Chu Zhang's change made Chu Yigui start to face his present situation.
When washing your hands, look at yourself in the clean mirror.
It is so familiar that it cannot be more familiar. I see myself in the mirror every day.
I don’t know why, but as I watched, I suddenly felt something strange.
But this kind of strangeness actually brings people more goodwill.
Chu Yigui also knew that he was changing.
But he couldn't tell in which direction his changes were developing.
Yang Xiaoyu and Chu Jianshu came back together, and Yang was the last one to arrive.
Chu Yigui’s birthday is usually celebrated by the whole family, but this year, Wan Qiu is included compared to previous years.
But everyone present, except Wan Qiu, felt that this birthday was different from previous ones.
It is no longer a peaceful, ordinary life.
With everyone being intentionally active, this was probably Chu Yigui's first birthday filled with a lively atmosphere.
Wan Qiu held the cake and ate it, while Chu Zhang ate while complaining that he would gain weight if he continued to eat like this, and then he didn't leave a single bite.
Chu Jianshu would occasionally chat with Chu Yigui about life and study in school, and daily interactions.
Yang Xiaoyu was more thinking about the future, such as when Chu Yigui would gradually attract the attention of girls and then receive a few love letters.
Wan Qiu actually didn't say much during this.
But he was always observing, looking for any happy information from everyone, and was infected by their smiles.
It seemed as if every bite of sweet cake was a sprinkle of sugar on his current life.
While Chu Zhang was happy, he noticed that although Yang Ze was still not good at smiling, his expression was a little stiff.
Chu Zhang got some information about previous events from Butler Bai. Even though he didn’t know much about it, Chu Zhang could still think of Yang Ze’s situation.
It’s a pity that such a thing cannot be achieved overnight. First of all, Yang Ze himself has to be able to think it through.
Any comfort was of no use to Yang Ze.
After this birthday party was over, Chu Zhang whispered something into Wan Qiu's ear.
Wan Qiu nodded blankly.
Yang Xiaoyu and Chu Jianshu will return to where they live, while Chu Zhang will take Yang Ze's car.
Chu Zhang was slumped in the passenger seat as usual, wearing a mask and looking lazy and utterly disrespectful of his image.
"My dear Yang Er, I heard that you are not in a good mood?" Chu Zhang thought for a long time and took the initiative to speak, "Life is not satisfactory, sometimes you can let yourself go."
Yang Ze was driving the car, looking forward, and responded to Chu Zhang: "Don't worry too much, brother. I'm fine now."
Chu Zhang tilted his head and looked at Yang Ze. Indeed, he looked very calm.
Self-control for adults?
Chu Zhang said lazily: "Why don't you take the initiative to get closer to Wan Qiu?"
Yang Ze didn't say anything.
"Wan Qiu is a relatively independent child. It's probably because he has lived like this since he was a child."
Chu Zhang's words seemed to have hit Yang Ze's sore spot, and his hands unconsciously tightened on the steering wheel.
There were still many vehicles passing by on the road in the city center late at night. For a moment, only the mechanical sound of the navigation system could be heard between the two of them.
"I can't always rely on Wan Qiu." Yang Zecai said while waiting for the traffic light, "I can't bother him because of my needs and selfishness."
Chu Zhang disagreed and said, "When pursuing someone, in order to win their heart, you must do everything you can. You won't get the love you want if you are always passive."
Yang did not answer.
"It's the same principle when doing anything. When facing the person you like, what's wrong with being a little cunning?" Chu Zhang smiled and poked Yang Ze's shoulder with his finger. "After all, our little angel still likes our Yang Er very much."
But Yang remained indifferent.
Chu Zhang was also very clear that outsiders would not be able to convince him.
What's more, Chu Zhang didn't think he had the right to say anything to Yang Ze.
"Yang Er, do you know that I hate the youngest one?" Chu Zhang suddenly said.
Yang Ze's expression froze. Although this was a tacit understanding, as long as Chu Zhang didn't say it out loud, everyone would turn a blind eye to it.
Even Chu Yigui has always abided by this rule.
"He is more self-centered than any of us can understand, pretentious, self-pitying and self-paralyzed."
Chu Zhang has always had a very bad impression of Chu Yigui, but...
"But that's it. He has changed too."
Chu Yigui's changes were not without trace.
Although it was very faint, it was enough to prove that he was changing quietly.
"The youngest is getting close to Wan Qiu, or he has been interested in Wan Qiu from the beginning. I have to say that his intuition and self-awareness are really scary, tsk..."
As Chu Zhang said this, he couldn't help but mock Chu Yigui, but it sounded like an unconvinced compliment.
Yang listened quietly, as taciturn as ever.
“He was very proactive, even if the direction of his proactiveness wasn’t necessarily the reason for his change.
But if you do nothing, even if the opportunity comes, it will slip away."
Chu Zhang wanted to say something profound.
But when I finally wanted to say these words, I was stuck.
To be honest, he is not qualified to be Yang Ze's spiritual mentor.
"Aze, big brother has been worried about you."
Chu Zhang finally gave up all his preaching and, with some helplessness, quietly revealed to his family his hidden feelings that he did not want to be discovered.
"Just like you're worried about Wan Qiu."
The car stopped at the traffic light again.
There was something in Yang Ze's eyes. He turned his head and looked at Chu Zhang who was sitting in the passenger seat.
There is a person who is always so unbridled, like the sun that people cannot look directly at, but people cannot tell whether he is also enduring the pain of being burned while he is burning.
After the vehicle behind honked its horn to urge him to drive, Yang started the car again.
"Brother, Wan Qiu would come to see me occasionally. He would discuss with me many questions that he was confused about but couldn't find the answers to."
Yang Ze's eyes were fixed ahead, and the street lights flashed across his pupils and reappeared.
"He has a lot of worries, and they are all very trivial, such as why Zhou Peiyu said his clothes were weird, and how to tell Fu Zhengyu not to bully others..."
Chu Zhang could fully imagine Wan Qiu’s expression when he was questioning Yang Ze.
Because everything is too unfamiliar, that's why I'm so hesitant when it comes to contact.
"Brother, do you still remember the time when Wan Qiu had a fever?"
Chu Zhang's expression softened a lot: "Remember, because of the brain overload, the shock was huge, but he accepted it very quickly."
"He is constantly accepting himself and absorbing reality." Yang Ze's voice was still cold, like a heavy knock on a solid metal ball.
Yang Ze finally said...
"Just like when I was at a loss, I took my father as my goal, and Wan Qiu is also my role model."
Chu Zhang was a little surprised and looked at his brother who was always silent.
Yang Ze was always too silent, and this silence was also his way of protecting himself.
But silence doesn't mean he hasn't thought about it.
"Wan Qiu told me that he forgave me, no matter what happened."
Wan Qiu forgave him.
But being forgiven is definitely not a reason to condone his wrongdoings.
"Brother, I'm really fine." Yang Ze said to Chu Zhang, "I just hope I can remember what I did wrong, feel guilty about it, and learn from it."
Chu Zhang widened his eyes in surprise.
He was lying sprawled on the passenger seat, but suddenly he stood up straight.
He looked at Yang Ze in shock.
Even though Yang Ze did not change at all, he was as silent as an inconspicuous stone discarded on the roadside.
As always, he had a deadpan expression, and looked as serious as if someone owed him eight million.
But it was different from what he thought.
Yang is really thinking seriously and making progress.
Chu Zhang thought about what he had just done and suddenly felt very embarrassed.
“Ahhhhh why do I suddenly have to act like a spiritual mentor? Our Yang Er has grown up so much and doesn’t need my help at all…”
Chu Zhang felt extremely ashamed.
He was even seriously trying to influence Yang Ze with his reflection.
It's so embarrassing.
"Not really, at least brother told me something very important." Yang Ze said.
"What's the matter?" Chu Zhang didn't even want to recall what he had just said.
Yang Ze said calmly, "Brother said that Wan Qiu likes me very much, which is very important to me."
If you are hated.
If Wan Qiu used those eyes filled with anger to accuse him, telling him that there would never be a reconciliation.
He would never be so open about his feelings.
Chu Zhang blinked.
He reached out and casually fiddled with the seat belt around his chest.
He burst out laughing.
"Our Aze is getting more and more handsome." Chu Zhang shrugged and said with a smile.
Compared to Chu Yigui's calmness in the face of compliments and Chu Zhang's flamboyance in the face of compliments, Yang Ze always remains silent when faced with similar compliments.
Because he was not good at it, his expression became more serious.
Chu Zhang smiled secretly and looked at the bright street lights outside the window again. When the lights shone down, he seemed to see a hexagonal halo.
Delicate snow-white feathers flashed from the halo and gradually fell into his hands.
Chu Zhang's grip tightened slightly.
It was as if he was holding the feather left for him by the angel.
——
Although everyone else has gone back, there is still some time before bed.
Wan Qiu sat in Chu Yigui's room, came close to Chu Yigui and watched Chu Yigui open his gift box.
They are going to start building their little home together.
Wan Qiu looked at the densely packed props and suddenly wondered if he had chosen the wrong gift.
These didn't seem like things he could accomplish.
But fortunately, although Wan Qiu didn’t know how to complete it, Chu Yigui knew.
Wan Qiu only needs to complete what Chu Yigui requires.
Wan Qiu looked up at Chu Yigui, who was carefully examining the production book and assigning him tasks.
He vaguely realized that this seemed to be the first time they did something together, and it was not Chu Yigui helping him unilaterally.
Wan Qiu was somewhat happy.
And this little joy was captured by Chu Yigui.
"Brother is very happy." Maybe because he was in a good mood today, Chu Yigui did not remain silent and indulge Wan Qiu's mood.
"Yeah." Wan Qiu carefully expressed his feelings.
Chu Yigui's expression was a little subtle.
Then he said: "My brother actually helped me a lot, much more than I helped my brother."
Wan Qiu was very confused and couldn't figure out when he had helped Chu Yigui.
But Chu Yigui didn't seem to want to tell Wan Qiu everything, and started to make things seriously.
Even though Wanqiu thought hard, he couldn't come up with a clue.
Wan Qiu had no idea how long it would take to make something like this, and the time the two students had to work together was too short, so the overall production process was extremely slow.
But there is progress.
Wan Qiu watched as the empty cardboard gradually began to take shape into a small compartment.
Although it took quite a while, it was very fulfilling.
During a weekend dance class, Zhou Peiyu looked at Wan Qiu several times.
Under Wan Qiu's puzzled gaze, Zhou Peiyu suddenly asked: "Wan Qiu, have you grown taller?"
"Grown taller?" Wan Qiu repeated blankly.
"Yes, it feels a bit tall." Zhou Peiyu has always been Wan Qiu's dance partner and has a relatively detailed understanding of Wan Qiu's height.
She hasn't grown taller during this period of time, so has Wan Qiu grown taller?
Zhou Peiyu's words made Wan Qiu suddenly forget all the complicated things.
There was a place for lifting weights around the dance class, and Wan Qiu couldn't wait to go and do it with Zhou Peiyu as soon as the break came.
Sure enough, Wanqiu grew taller.
Although it was only a little bit, it was a breakthrough for Wan Qiu, who had always been short.
"Congratulations, Wan Qiu." Zhou Peiyu always thought that Wan Qiu was thin and short for a boy.
Even though girls are generally not tall, it is difficult to find a suitable dance partner with this height.
Wan Qiu had never been obsessed with his height, but since most people in the Chu family were tall, Wan Qiu felt that he couldn't be too short.
Now knowing that he was still growing taller, Wan Qiu felt as if he was suddenly thrown into the air.
Wan Qiu went outside the classroom and Zhou Peiyu followed him.
Zhou Peiyu felt very awkward when he saw Wan Qiu's two followers.
Yang Ze sat there upright, looking so imposing that people around him dared not approach him.
Chu Yigui was wearing headphones and looking at his mobile phone. Zhou Peiyu once took a peek and found that Chu Yigui was actually taking an online class.
Zhou Peiyu was extremely shocked. Is there really someone who would take the initiative to take online courses during the holidays?
Zhou Peiyu saw Wan Qiu say something to Yang Ze, and Yang Ze nodded, stood up, turned and left.
And Wan Qiu returned to Zhou Peiyu.
Zhou Peiyu asked curiously: "What did you say?"
"They said that to celebrate, we're going to have sweet corn cups and milk from Yumi Tiantian's." Wan Qiu said.
Zhou Peiyu knew where Yumi Tiantian’s shop was.
"But it's quite far away, and it's very popular so you have to queue up, and the weather is so hot now."
The weather in summer is testing people's patience. Dancing in the room without air conditioning can cause heat stroke. Why would Yang Ze queue up to buy a sweet corn cup at this time...
"Wan Qiu, have you become a little too spoiled lately?" Zhou Peiyu said bluntly.
Zhou Peiyu had seen Wan Qiu asking Yang Ze for things several times.
It wasn't just his own things, but also anything she casually asked for, Wan Qiu would ask Yang Ze to buy it.
Yang Ze has always been very good-tempered and always agrees to whatever is asked, but it is indeed very hard and unnecessary.
Wan Qiu pursed his lips and clasped his hands in front of his chest: "I think so too."
Zhou Peiyu was stunned: "Then why do you always bully your second brother?"
"My eldest brother asked me to do this." Wan Qiu said.
"Chu Zhang?" Zhou Peiyu looked confused.
"My eldest brother told me before that if there is anything I want to do or need to do, even if it is a little hard, I can let my second brother do it."
This was Chu Zhang's request that Wan Qiu agreed to on Chu Yigui's birthday.
Although Wan Qiu didn't know the reason for doing this, since his elder brother said so, he could only do it.
"Does Chu Zhang have a good relationship with your second brother?" Zhou Peiyu was somewhat suspicious whether he was deliberately using Wan Qiu as a gun to do bad things behind his back.
But think about it, her idol Chu Zhang wouldn't do such a thing.
"Very good." Wan Qiu said with certainty.
Zhou Peiyu was very surprised: "Why do you do this? Aren't you just asking people to run errands to bully others?"
In the vagueness of the autumn, there seems to be such a feeling.
but……
"Second brother doesn't seem unhappy." Wan Qiu thought about how every time he made a request, Yang Ze would agree immediately and do it very quickly.
It was like he was actually happy to do it.
Don't say that you can't see his unhappiness. Even if you show happiness after getting something, Yang Ze will be very happy.
It was a very strange feeling, and Wan Qiu himself didn't understand it.
"This is really strange." Zhou Peiyu muttered to himself, and then asked, "You clearly only had one person following you before, why are there two of you now?"
Wan Qiu was stunned and lowered his head.
It was like being suddenly caught by a large dog that was tearing up the house, and he didn't even dare to look around.
"I...I..." Wan Qiu told him about how he had sneaked out and was caught.
Zhou Peiyu: “…”
Zhou Peiyu's expression is wonderful and complex.
"It is indeed a very bad thing." Wan Qiu said.
Even now, when no one mentioned the incident anymore, Wan Qiu couldn't help but care about it.
No one blamed him.
But it was because of him that everything became subtle.
Zhou Peiyu was not very old, and although he felt that Wan Qiu was being controlled in an outrageous way, he also felt that it was reasonable to some extent.
"Well, maybe I'm worried about you." Zhou Peiyu scratched his head and said.
Wan Qiu has an IQ problem. He was taken away after being deceived. It’s no wonder that the people around him are too sensitive.
It's like a cat you raise at home. Who knows who will take it away if it runs away? Which cat owner doesn't keep his cat well at home?
"But they said you were not wrong, and you were indeed not wrong," said Zhou Peiyu.
After all, humans are not real cats, and it is indeed inhumane to lock them up at home.
Zhou Peiyu looked at the bracelet on Wan Qiu's hand.
It was as if I saw invisible chains tied to it, connecting to the hands of other people.
And this chain is named Worry and Love.
Zhou Peiyu stared straight at Wan Qiu's bracelet.
Thoughtful.
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