Room 302, Yunshan Garden.
In the evening TV variety show, several out-of-date guests played outdated dementia games, which was boring and tedious.
Xiao Sasa cradled a bag of potato chips on the sofa, three-tenths focused on watching TV and seven-tenths on observing her cousin, who had a study room but didn't have to work at the dining table by the door. Amidst the clamoring background of the inane TV, his quiet demeanor, fishing alone in the snowy river, seemed so out of place.
"Brother, look at the little aunt. She has been playing with your faucet with the Rain God for over an hour. Isn't that a waste of life?"
Xiao Xingyu looked up from his notebook and met Sasa's gaze. Sasa pinched a potato chip and said curiously, "You didn't notice it until now, did you?"
Her brother was really focused on listening to the door.
Xiao Xingyu rolled her eyes at her: "You've discovered it and you're not going? You're the evil one and you want me to do it?"
Sasa shrank his neck and ate potato chips, not daring to talk back.
Xiao Xingyu then stood up and walked towards the kitchen in a bad mood: "It's just that I didn't hit enough!"
After a while, the man and the cat were carried back to the living room, and both of them sat facing the wall to reflect on their mistakes.
It was agreed that she should stand for half an hour as punishment, but after only 15 minutes, the little aunt started to look back secretly. After frowning and acting pitiful several times without getting any sympathy from Xiao Xingyu, she decided to change her strategy.
"Xingyu Dad, when Moyan's mom ran out and told you not to follow her, why were you so obedient and stayed home?"
Upon hearing this, Sasa quickly put down the potato chips and rubbed her hands, waiting to watch the show. She had been wondering about this question in her mind for a long time, but she just didn't have the courage to ask.
Xiao Xingyu gritted his teeth, feeling that this ancestor was obviously itching to pick a fight again, but this time he did not continue to ignore his ancestor's little tricks. Firstly, the question involved Zhang Moyan, and he could not help but respond. Secondly, the child's calls of "Dad" and "Mom" sounded so pleasant. Thirdly, Sasa, who was already sensible, was listening. If he did not answer such a sharp question properly, he might accidentally leave a reputation of being "henpecked".
Xiao Manman is a clever little girl who knows how to manipulate people.
"That's a very profound truth," Xiao Xingyu said, and then seemed to remember something. "By the way, you told me yesterday when your mother would be coming back from France this year?"
"November," the little aunt didn't understand, but it didn't stop her from slowly sitting down on the wooden floor along the wall. She added in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Seeing this, the Rain God beside him followed suit and collapsed to the ground silently.
Xiao Xingyu was a generous man, not bothering with the child's little antics. Instead, he started a serious conversation: "Okay, then please tell your mother that nothing in this world belongs to you just because you keep an eye on it. When people get along with each other, they should always remember to leave space. Only relationships based on understanding, tolerance, and respect can last long."
The little aunt opened her two clear eyes: "..."
Xiao Xingyu: "Do you understand?"
The little aunt shook the confusion in her head, looking confused, and then looked at Xiao Sasa.
Sasa coughed dryly twice, thought for a moment, and asked Xiao Xingyu, "I don't understand you adults... Brother Xingyu, if one day Sister Mo Yan gets tired of you, don't get excited. I know you're young, promising, beautiful, and have an interesting soul. I'm just saying, what if!... If one day Sister Mo Yan gets tired of you and says she wants to leave you for a while, what will you do? Will you still believe in keeping space between people, understanding, tolerance, and respect?"
Xiao Xingyu said without hesitation: "Well, of course we should understand, tolerate and respect each other! People are feeling suffocated, but you still allow them to take a breath. Do you really want to suffocate them to death?"
Sasa nodded, thinking that his brother Xingyu's metaphor made sense.
Xiao Xingyu successfully saved his dignity. While tidying up the books and notes on the table, he gave a lecture: "You are still young. When you grow up, you will understand. God will arrange many things to hone a person's perseverance. Watch less TV and study hard. Don't worry about things that you shouldn't worry about every day..."
There was a sound of unlocking the door outside the door, and Xiao Xingyu's voice stopped abruptly. If he was a hunting dog, he would definitely see his ears standing up at this moment.
Twenty minutes later, after settling the little aunt and Xiao Xingyu, he opened Zhang Moyan's door with a white fur ball in his arm.
The lights were off in the room. In the darkness, the outlines of the appliances and furniture could be vaguely discerned through the reflection of the streetlight outside the window. Xiao Xingyu closed the door, and the sound, which was not insignificant, did not cause any movement in the room. Suddenly, a bad premonition emerged in his heart.
"Mo Yan, you're back, right?" Xiao Xingyu shouted from the entrance.
There was no response.
Xiao Xingyu muttered in his heart: I clearly heard the sound of the door opening and closing just now. Could it be that Zhang Moyan went out again when he was sending the little aunt and Sasa to bed?
He walked into the living room in confusion, his eyes gradually adjusted to the light, and he stood beside the TV cabinet and looked around. The house was not big, and he easily spotted a figure lying on the sofa.
Xiao Xingyu immediately bent down and let go of the cat, taking two steps at a time, squatting down beside the sofa: "Mo Yan, what's wrong with you?"
The soft, undulating hair on the sofa moved, and the figure raised half of its face. It was indeed Zhang Moyan.
After seeing who it was, Zhang Moyan was stunned for a moment, as if trying to identify something, and reacted a little late before calling out, "Xingyu..."
"What happened? Why didn't you turn on the lights when you came back?" Xiao Xingyu pushed aside her long hair that was covering half of her face and lowered his voice involuntarily.
Xiao Xingyu stretched out his strong arms to support Zhang Moyan up. The feeling in his hands and the person he saw shocked Xiao Xingyu. In just two or three hours, Zhang Moyan looked as weak as if he had experienced a level 10 tsunami. His whole body was cold and his whole state was close to being in a state of despair.
Zhang Moyan didn't explain, and Xiao Xingyu didn't ask any more questions. He secured the person on the sofa, took out the air conditioner remote, turned it on and adjusted it to a suitable temperature, and said in a gentle voice, "Sit down for a while. I'll get you a glass of water."
When passing by the living room light, Xiao Xingyu hesitated for a moment, but did not stop and walked straight into the kitchen. He turned on the kitchen light and poured a glass of water. When he walked out of the kitchen, he opened the refrigerator and took out a box of chocolates.
"Come, drink some warm water first." Xiao Xingyu carefully handed the cup of water to Zhang Moyan's lips. After holding it for a while, Zhang Moyan slowly raised her eyes and looked at him. After a long while, she took the cup of water and drank it.
Xiao Xingyu sat down next to Zhang Moyan with a lot of questions in his mind. He opened the brand new chocolate box slowly, took out a chocolate ball from it and peeled off the tin foil.
"Why aren't you eating the chocolate I bought for you? I spent so much effort to buy it."
Hearing this, Zhang Moyan seemed to wake up from a dream. She almost jumped in front of him and grabbed the chocolate box on the coffee table to check it.
Xiao Xingyu was shocked and deeply experienced what it meant to be as quiet as a virgin and as swift as a rabbit.
"Why did you take this apart?" Zhang Moyan's voice was low and a little anxious.
"..." Xiao Xingyu didn't dare to move, "If I don't eat it now, it will expire next month."
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