Chapter 104 Nian Xi sings out of tune

Xiangguo Temple is not close to the capital, and it is cold in winter, so Zhou Yanli considerately did not come to Yiqiao Street to pick up Nianxi until the afternoon.

Li had to be polite.

Zhou Yanli smiled amiably, "I heard that the sugar snowballs outside Xiangguo Temple taste very good. I remember my aunt used to love eating them. I'll buy some with my sister later and bring them back."

Li agreed with a smile.

Zhou Yanli was well prepared. The carriage was fully stocked. He even prepared an extra hand warmer in case Nianxi got cold. Not to mention the snacks he bought, all of which were the flavors that Nianxi loved to eat when she was in the south.

Zhou Yanli was so considerate, but he made Nianxi feel a little strange.

The young man, wearing a royal blue round-necked, narrow-sleeved robe, stood in front of the car, smiling and reaching out his hand to her. It was as if he was no longer her childhood playmate, but had overlapped with a scene in her memory many years later, and had become the casual yet serious young official.

Nianxi is not a dull person.

She just didn't want to think any further about what kind of deep emotion the umbrella held above her head by the snow-covered lake meant.

"elder sister?"

Zhou Yanli raised his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, indicating that he would help her into the carriage. He was thin and clean-cut, with the air of a carefree youth. Every movement he made was just right and did not make anyone feel uncomfortable.

Nian Xi put her random thoughts behind her, avoided his hand, held his arm, and got on the carriage.

Zhou Yanli lowered his head to look at the place where her hand had passed, lowered his eyes and smiled, then followed her into the carriage.

There was some silence in the car.

Nianxi has already forgotten how she and Zhou Yanli interacted when they were young. To him, they were only separated for one year, but to Nianxi, it was a lifetime.

Zhou Yanli also noticed Nianxi's unfamiliarity.

He was not a talkative person, and even his personality was not as harmless as he appeared in front of her. But Nian Xi liked it before she was fifteen, so he always played the role of a good little brother.

But now, Nian Xi is a little puzzling.

Is it because of resignation?

The man who had gone to the battlefield.

Did Nianxi change because of that man?

It became a strange thing to him.

Zhou Yanli's delicate eyebrows and eyes were somewhat gloomy.

It's okay.

He said to himself.

How could my sister lack love?

When he was not around, there were naturally bugs that would flock to his sister, but now that he was here, no one would have the chance to get close to her and take her away.

That time, Nian Xi wanted to dress up as him, and they agreed that no matter what time it was, they would just be the two best friends.

He belongs to his sister, and his sister belongs to him.

"Sister, why are you still biting your lips whenever you're thinking about something?"

Zhou Yanli smiled and picked up a piece of pea yellow. "Beijing is dry. If I bite my lips again, they will peel. If I can't control it, I might as well bite it."

Nian Xi withdrew her thoughts and heard him say that her lips were chapped. She subconsciously stuck out her tongue and licked them.

She is beautiful and cares about these things. She explained seriously, "It won't peel. I put on lip balm to moisten it every night before going to bed."

Zhou Yanli stared at the red, soft face that looked like a petal covered in dew, his eyes dimmed slightly, and then he looked away as if nothing had happened, "I knew that when I talked about this, Sister would not be distracted."

Nian Xi didn't think about anything else just now, but recalled her childhood.

At that time, Zhou Yanli's mother was seriously ill. Nian Xi went to visit her with Li. She saw Zhou Yanli hiding behind a rockery and crying alone. He cried so beautifully and so pitifully. She couldn't bear it, so she went forward and tried to comfort him.

Zhou Yanli was not as well-behaved as he is now.

There were still tears on his fair little face, but he glared at her fiercely. Nian Xi was kind enough to squat with him, but he insisted on pushing her down, causing the gravel to scratch her palm.

Nian Xi was so angry that she started crying too. "If you weren't so pretty, I wouldn't bother to talk to you."

When Zhou Yanli saw her crying, he ran away alone.

Then came his mother's funeral.

As expected, Nian Xi found him crying secretly on the rockery again.

Nianxi is the apple of the family's eye. She finds it hard to empathize with the boy's tears at this moment, but it does not prevent her from feeling sorry for him.

So she forgot about her previous grudge, squatted over again, and gently patted the boy's thin back with her soft little hands.

She also hummed the tune her mother used to sing when she put her to sleep.

Gradually, the boy's thin shoulders stopped shaking, and Nian Xi became more energetic, chanting over and over again, even though her mouth was dry, she did not stop, until the boy raised his head.

His eyes were very red, like the most beautiful and pitiful rabbit Nianxi had ever seen.

But the rabbit uttered an insult, "That's awful, you're out of tune."

So Nianxi herself turned into a red-eyed rabbit.

That's too much.

She sang with such great effort, yet people said her singing was bad!

She ran home crying and told her parents about her grievances.

The father did not believe that his smart and beautiful daughter could sing badly, so he boldly suggested, "That bastard is sad and confused. My dear daughter, let's not bother with him. Sing for Dad. Dad will like it."

Nianxi wiped her tears, sang the song with great emotion, and then looked at her father expectantly, "Dad, does it sound good?"

Father Wen was silent for a while, then he leaned over to her and said, "It sounds nice, but girls shouldn't sing to others easily. It's not good."

Nian Xi then realized that she really sang badly and cried even more sadly.

But since then, Nianxi and Zhou Yanli gradually became familiar with each other. The bad-tempered boy at first turned into a brother who obeyed Nianxi in everything.

Being teased by Zhou Yanli at this time, Nian Xi said, "What girl doesn't love beauty?"

Zhou Yanli immediately agreed, "Yes, yes, Sister Wen is the most beautiful in the world!"

This was a trick they loved to play in the past.

Even Wen Qingheng said that Zhou Yanli was Nian Xi's number one lackey.

Even if Nianxi said that the sun rises in the west, Zhou Yanli would affirmatively agree, "No doubt about it."

Memories brought the two closer together, and Nian Xi couldn't help but ask, "Is my singing really that bad?"

Zhou Yanli was like a beautiful girl from Yaolin, with beautiful eyebrows and eyes full of smiles. "I haven't heard it for a long time. Why don't you sing it again so that people can judge it."

"You wish~"

This is definitely Nianxi's "dark history". Her mother's singing was so beautiful, how come she became so broken?

Nian Xi threatened verbally, "Don't mention this matter again."

Zhou Yanli laughed even more happily.

"I always listen to my sister."

As long as Nianxi likes it, whether playing the role of a well-behaved younger brother or something else, he can do it.

The opportunity is fleeting, but he will grab it and never let it go.