Chapter 091: Childhood Friends if line: (I)

In the summer of South City, cicadas are chirping non-stop.

Yu Wen chewed on a popsicle and did his homework at his desk.

After the summer vacation, he would be in the third year of high school this year. The workload was heavy, so he found some sets of questions to review in advance.

His parents were not at home. His mother went to teach dance lessons to students, and his father's small restaurant was busy. His sister was not at home either. Yu Wen finished his homework and went downstairs to find food. The living room was empty and filled with the loneliness unique to June in midsummer.

He was taking out the second popsicle from the refrigerator and standing in front of the window when he saw the neighbor's child coming back from the extracurricular class.

"Thank you, Heyu!" Yu Wen rushed out of the living room, ran out of the courtyard in two or three steps, and stopped the child before he entered the door.

Yu Wen's eyes were bright, as if he had seen a savior. He hurried out, still wearing indoor slippers, with his toes curled restlessly. He reached out and grabbed Xie Heyu's schoolbag strap, and asked expectantly: "Have you finished class? Can I go to your house and play games with you?"

The uncle next door was a businessman. Yu Wen was not sure what kind of business he was in, but it seemed that he was involved in everything. The most important thing was that the uncle often brought home the company's newly developed high-tech products, such as VR controllers, holographic helmets...

In short, they were all versions that were hard to find on the market and very suitable for teenagers.

The neighbor's child is two years younger than him. When Xie Heyu was just born, Yu Wen really held him in his arms. He was a very small baby with chubby cheeks. However, in the past two years, Xie Heyu has grown like a bamboo shoot. From a small child in his memory, he has become a big one.

Yu Wen looked at his height, which was taller than himself, pursed his lips, and stood on tiptoe unwillingly.

"......Okay." Xie Heyu looked at him for a moment, nodded slightly, and there was no expression on his still pale face. "I'll do my homework, you play first."

Yu Wen shouted happily, went back to the house, took out some nest-building equipment, and took out a new ice cream from the refrigerator as a gift for Xie Heyu, and finally took the key and went out.

Xie Heyu went upstairs to put her schoolbag away. Yu Wen was a frequent visitor here. He made a comfortable nest for himself on the sofa and took out a game controller from the TV cabinet.

Xie Heyu asked him if he wanted a drink.

Yu Wen said no, "I just had ice cream. Here, I brought you one."

Xie Heyu didn't eat it. He put the ice cream back in the refrigerator and went upstairs to do his homework.

The living room returned to peace, with only occasional game sounds.

In Yu Wen's memory, the Xie family was shrouded in such depressing silence most of the time. Uncle Xie was busy with work and often did not return home for ten days or half a month. Xie Heyu was the only one at home. He was not talkative. At night, the house was as quiet as a pool of stagnant water.

His mother asked him to play with Xie Heyu more often to prevent the child from being bored. Yu Wen did so. He had known Xie Heyu for so many years that they were as familiar as wearing the same pants. But to be honest, if you ask him what Xie Heyu was thinking, he, like everyone else, could only type a row of ellipsis.

After playing two rounds of games, Yu Wen's humanitarian concern for his neighbor's brother surpassed his desire to play games. He sighed like a little adult, stood up from the sofa, and stretched his waist.

Let me give you a honey... No, let me save you! Poor little Xie!

"Xie Heyu, Xie Heyu, Xie Heyu——" Yu Wen repeated Xie Heyu's name over and over again. The crisp voice echoed in the villa, one louder than the other, and the sunflowers in the corner of the wall were almost tilted by his shouting. With

a click, Xie Heyu opened the door.

"What's wrong?"

Yu Wen took two steps at a time and stepped up the stairs. He ran to him with a smile and asked, "Have you finished your homework?"

Xie Heyu tilted his head.

Yu Wen: "Want to go out and play? The weather is nice today."

... Xie Heyu looked out the window, the sun was blazing.

Yu Wen: "Oh, don't worry about the details. There's a new milk tea shop near No. 1 Middle School. Let's go have some ice cream. I'll show you the way so we can go to school together in the second half of the year."

Although he doesn't look like it, Xie Heyu just started high school this year. He and Yu Wen will go to the same high school after the summer vacation. He's still a little kid now.

Xie Heyu's eyes fell on his face.

Yu Wen: "...I don't want to eat it."

Xie Heyu raised his eyebrows.

Yu Wen: "It's to welcome you and celebrate your success in your entrance exams."

Xie Heyu nodded meaningfully.

Yu Wen was so angry that he said, "Are you going or not?!"

Xie Heyu: "...Yes."

It was hot and Yu Wen was too lazy to move, so he let Xie Heyu ride the bike while he sat in the back seat and gave directions. "Turn left at the next intersection and then go straight. Right..."

The sunlight shone through the gaps between the trees, leaving spots of varying light and dark on the asphalt road. Yu Wen grabbed the corner of Xie Heyu's clothes, looked at the streets rapidly receding on both sides, and told him which restaurants were delicious, which were expensive, and which were unclean.

"Do you want to go to and from school with me? We finish classes later than you do, so you'll have to wait for me." Before receiving the admission notice, Xie Jialin had told Yu Wen's parents that he hoped their children would go to school together in the future. Of course, his parents agreed, but Yu Wen still wanted to ask Xie Heyu's opinion.

His eyes fell on Xie Heyu's back. Students of this age don't have much flesh. The cotton T-shirt outlines the shape of her butterfly bones, which are thin and smooth, and very beautiful.

Yu Wen raised his hand and poked her.

"...What about you?" Xie Heyu didn't speak for a long time, until she was poked, she said two words in a neutral tone.

"Me? Of course I want to go with you." Yu Wen saw his hand being grabbed by Xie Heyu, and he put it firmly on his waist. Before letting go, he patted it, as if to warn him not to mess around again.

Yu Wen pouted.

"Of course it would be best if we could go together, but I go to class earlier than you and leave class later than you. It's so boring to always make you wait for me."

It was impossible for Yu Wen to be quiet. He stretched out his hand and pinched Xie Heyu's waist. The hand felt a little hard. He pinched it again and was surprised: "Do you have abdominal muscles?"

The bicycle suddenly turned, and Xie Heyu turned half-way and warned: "Yu Wen."

This is what he said when he was most angry.

Yu Wen pouted, feeling that he had made too much noise, and said obediently: "I know, I was wrong, I won't move."

Xie Heyu steadied the front of the car and moved forward again, turning two corners. Yu Wen almost forgot the previous topic, and he suddenly said: "If you can wait, let's go together."

Yu Wen: "...Oh."

Why don't you answer next year?

The milk tea shop near the school has always been a popular spot. Local students who go to school on vacation will also come to patronize it. Yu Wen saw several familiar faces as soon as he walked in.

"Yu Wen - come and sit!"

Yu Wen is a typical "three good" student, with a good personality, good grades, and good interpersonal relationships. The key is that he has a good memory and almost remembers everyone he has come into contact with. Few people can refuse this feeling of being taken to heart, so it is natural that Yu Wen is likable.

He smiled and waved to several classmates, and walked over with Xie Heyu. As soon as they sat down, someone asked: "Yu Wen, who is this?"

Yu Wen said: "It's the younger brother of my next-door neighbor."

Xie Heyu nodded politely and got up to go to the front desk to order.

As soon as he left, several classmates became excited and said with great interest: "Is this the neighbor brother you mentioned before, who is proficient in everything?"

Catching the key words, Xie Heyu quietly pricked up his ears.

Yu Wen: "Yes, yes, he just came back from the extracurricular class before I went out today."

Xie Heyu has attended countless extracurricular classes and is often busy with things that make no sense. Yu Wen suspected Xie Heyu's true identity a few years ago. At that time, time-travel and rebirth novels were popular, and boys liked to read things like "Soldier King". In Yu Wen's eyes, the elusive Xie Heyu was tinged with a strong mysterious color.

He discussed it with his classmates several times and even posted a post online for help, with the title as shown: [What should I do if my neighbor brother is suspected to be a soldier king? 】

The classmate looked at Xie Heyu's outstanding tall stature and said enviously: "Didn't he say he was two years younger than you? It doesn't look like that."

Yu Wen was also very depressed about this.

He thought for a long time and said: "It's mainly because I look younger."

The classmate didn't expose him and gave him face: "Yes, yes, you can tell at a glance that you are both in the first year of high school..."

Xie Heyu listened for a long time, but didn't get the answer he wanted. He lowered his eyelashes, feeling a kind of inexplicable disappointment.

When he came back from ordering, Yu Wen was telling his classmates: "I won't go with you guys next semester. I'll go with our Xiao Xie. We live next door, so it's more convenient for us."

A classmate was shocked and in pain: "What?! You want to give up a whole forest for a man?! With your Xiao Xie, you have to disperse us? Why don't we go together?"

Yu Wen said: "Xiao Xie is introverted and can't play with you guys."

Classmate: "Am I not introverted? I'm also introverted--"

Yu Wen: "I'll treat you to ice cream for a week."

Classmate: "Two weeks."

Yu Wen happily gave up two weeks of ice cream freedom and broke the previous relationship of going to and from school.

The classmates left quickly, and Yu Wen's ice cream just came up. He took a look and found that both flavors were his favorite.

Xie Heyu pushed one of them to him and said casually, "Have you mentioned me to your classmates?"

Yu Wen said vaguely, "Well, didn't I tell you that I used to suspect that you were a soldier king..."

Xie Heyu: "Stupid."

Yu Wen raised his head suddenly, doubting his ears.

"What did you say about me?"

Xie Heyu pursed his lips and stopped talking.

Yu Wen stared at him for a moment, and decided to show mercy and let him go, humming, "Who is stupid... I had better grades than you at that time..."

Yu Wen ate most of the ice cream and felt a little sick. He set his sights on Xie Heyu's and reached out to grab it.

"What for?" Xie Heyu quickly took the ice cream away, "This is mine."

Yu Wen: "Look at you, you stingy guy, I just want to try your flavor."

Xie Heyu said calmly: "Try it? If it's delicious, it won't belong to me."

"..."

Yu Wen couldn't convince him and reached out to grab it, but Xie Heyu was so tall and his hands were weak, so Yu Wen could easily pull his hand down and grab the things every time.

This time, too, he took Xie Heyu's ice cream, scooped a big spoonful, and said vaguely: "At worst, I can treat you to a new one..."

Xie Heyu looked very decadent, probably because she was shocked by his bravery. Yu Wen suppressed his pride and comforted her warmly: "Oh, I won't steal yours in the future... I won't bully you every time..."

Xie Heyu glanced at him lazily.

On the way back, Xie Heyu still rode a bicycle.

The sun was even stronger, making people dizzy. The asphalt road was just sprinkled with water, and the ground was wet. The air was filled with unknown fragrances, intertwined with water vapor.

Yu Wen rested his forehead against Xie Heyu's back, feeling a little sleepy. He muffled his voice out of laziness and said slowly, "Next year I will go to college and move to another city... No one will compete with you for food... Don't be discouraged. When you are my age, you will also have such strength..."

He was sleepy and didn't know if Xie Heyu answered.

But he heard a very light "hum".

Cold and low.

Sounded unhappy.