After the cold month of December, it will be New Year's Day, the start of a new year.
The three-day New Year's Day holiday is followed by exams for the last two courses. After finishing the last exam, the winter break will begin.
The other three people in the dormitory were already packing their luggage, preparing to embark on their journey home the next day. The dormitory was in a mess, with three large suitcases open and several people stuffing things into them.
At this moment, Su Xun, who lives in the city, once again felt the envious gazes of everyone.
Pei Ke's holiday started a day later than hers, so she planned to stay here an extra day. Anyway, she had nothing to do at home, and it was very convenient.
She quickly packed a few clothes and neatly put them into a suitcase that was much smaller than everyone else's. Then, while everyone was busy, she cleaned the dormitory room.
There's nothing she can do; she's just too idle.
The next morning, Pei Ke finished her last exam, Japanese conversational speaking, and went back to her dorm to tidy up.
At noon, Su Xun had lunch with Pei Ke in the cafeteria, and then went outside to buy a lot of food to keep for Pei Ke on the high-speed train in case of emergency.
Pei Ke carried a handful of snacks in one hand and helplessly took Su Xun's hand with the other.
"I don't actually eat these things much."
"How could that be? I saw you buy a big bag of snacks at the convenience store last year." At the time, she was surprised that Pei Ke suddenly liked to eat snacks.
"I bought those for a few friends."
He now finally understood why Su Xun always liked to stuff candy into his pockets.
So that's where the problem lies.
Ignoring Pei Ke's objections, Su Xun insisted on seeing him off at the high-speed rail station before returning home, and then sent him a message from outside.
"I'll come visit you during the Chinese New Year."
"good."
Pei Ke knew that Su Xun's family would return to Huaicheng every year. Upon seeing Su Xun's message, a faint smile appeared on his face and lingered for a long time.
The journey from S City to Huaicheng took more than ten hours. He took a nap in the car, and the high-speed train arrived at the station at around 7 a.m.
I could see the two people waiting in the parking lot from a distance.
He stepped forward and greeted them.
"Dad, Mom."
"Aren't you tired after such a long car ride?" Pei's mother looked at her son from the side, a hint of weariness on her face and a trace of heartache in her eyes.
"What kind of talk is it for a grown man to complain about being tired after sitting in a car for more than ten hours?" Pei's father reminded him from the side.
"Can't I care about my son?"
Pei Ke watched his parents bickering every day and felt somewhat helpless. The two of them were inseparable a few years ago, but now they often argue with each other.
“I’m not tired, let’s go up first.” He opened the trunk door first, put the luggage in, and then sat in the back seat of the car.
As soon as I sat down, I saw a pink little ball of fluff looking at me with blinking eyes.
Suddenly, a cute, childlike voice timidly called out to him, "Brother."
"Mm," Pei Ke responded.
"Come here to Mommy, baby." Pei's mother turned around from the passenger seat and hugged the pink little dumpling.
"Xiao Ke, your sister was excited all night knowing you were coming back today, so why does she still have such a cold face?"
While coaxing the child, Pei's mother scolded the people behind her.
Pei Ke looked at the pink dumpling with a headache, took out a bottle of yogurt from the bag, and handed it to it.
His parents gave birth to a younger sister when he was in his second year of high school, which almost gave him a fright.
Later, when he entered his senior year of high school, he spent less time at home and his relationship with his younger sister became quite distant, as he was not good at getting along with children.
"Where did you get this yogurt? Don't you dislike buying these things?"
"Su Xun bought it." He leaned his head against the cushion behind him, looking somewhat tired. He had only dozed off for a while while leaning back in his chair last night and hadn't really slept much.
"Su Xun? Is she a girl?" Upon hearing this name, Pei's mother perked up and stopped trying to coax the little pink dumpling.
"Hmm." Pei Ke's consciousness was already somewhat blurred, but he managed to answer the previous questions with the last bit of awareness.
"What's your relationship? Why would she buy you things? Are you lying to her?"
She had fallen into a deep sleep and did not answer Pei's mother's questions.
Pei's mother did not get the answer she wanted. She looked back and found that the person had already fallen asleep.
She had no choice but to turn to Pei's father, who was driving, and ask, "Do you think Xiao Ke is having an affair at school?"
Mr. Pei, with both hands on the steering wheel, appeared quite calm. "It might not be that. It could be a female classmate he's close to who bought it."
"Don't you know your son? Would he usually accept gifts from female classmates? Think about it, how many girls gave Pei Ke gifts in high school, and he refused them all. Several times when I went to the school for parent-teacher conferences, I was greeted by a group of girls. The girls' feelings were written all over their faces. Didn't Xiao Ke look oblivious to it? So, these two must have a special relationship."
"It's just a bag of snacks, it doesn't prove anything."
"Hey? Why don't you wish Xiao Ke well? He finally has some special circumstances, and you're here to dampen my spirits."
"Alright, alright, this isn't something I can just say for sure. You have to ask Xiao Ke."
"I must find out who Su Xun really is when I get off the bus."
"Su Xun is my girlfriend." A faint voice followed, still hoarse from just waking up.
Pei Ke had only been asleep for a few minutes when he was woken up by the argument between the two people in front of him, so he had no choice but to explain. He had originally planned to wait a while before talking about it, but given the current situation, if he didn't tell the whole truth, he wouldn't be able to enjoy a peaceful month-long vacation at home.
"But this name Su Xun sounds so familiar," Pei's mother murmured to herself, a hint of doubt in her voice.
A few minutes later, "Didn't you have a classmate in junior high school with this name?"
She remembered that when Pei Ke was in the third year of junior high school, she was called to the school by the teacher once, who said that there were signs of early romance. The girl she saw in the office at that time seemed to have this name. She saw that the little girl was well-behaved and teased her a couple of times.
"Hmm," Pei Ke said calmly.
"So you guys started back then. I always thought you were focused on your studies and that's why you didn't get close to those girls who were showing interest in you. Turns out you already had someone in your heart. You kept it from me for so long."
Pei's mother's tone became agitated, and the pink dumpling in her arms shrank back slightly.
It's not what you think.
"What is it?"
You'll find out later.
He doesn't want to say more about this right now.
Pei Ke leaned back, automatically ignoring the barrage of questions coming at him.
He stared blankly at the scenery receding into the distance.
It didn't snow in Huaicheng, but the warm winter sun shone through the car window and warmed me.
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