"Didn't you hide from me?" Xu Yanfeng repeated Xia Xi's words.
Xia Xi heard the teasing in his tone and emphasized again: "No."
"I believe it." Xu Yanfeng smiled, but it was not obvious. "Then come down now and let's talk."
Xia Xi suspected that the wind outside was too loud and she must have misheard. She slammed the window shut and locked it. "What did you say?"
Is she playing dumb? Xu Yanfeng said patiently: "I said, come down now and let's talk. Aren't you still awake?"
Xia Xi confirmed that she had not misheard. She leaned forward, put her forehead against the window glass, and looked down with her eyes lowered.
Her home was on the tenth floor, which was not low but not particularly high either. She could vaguely see a car parked under the dim street light.
Is Xu Yanfeng sick? He's not at home with his family on New Year's Eve, but here. Even if he wants to talk to her, there's no need to choose today.
Xia Xi didn't want to go down to see him: "I'm going to sleep."
Xu Yanfeng was not surprised at all that she would make excuses: "You just said you weren't avoiding me."
Xia Xi made up an excuse to brush him off: "Everyone at home has gone to bed, and I'd probably wake them up if I kept going in and out."
"oh--"
He dragged out the "Oh" sound, obviously not believing her nonsense.
Xia Xi's hot breath made the window glass slightly hazy. She raised her sleeve to wipe it, and her vision became clear again. She stared downstairs, breathing shallowly, and urged him to leave: "You go back."
Xu Yanfeng didn't hang up the phone and continued to fight with her.
Xia Xi closed the curtains, turned her back to the window, and spoke in an overly calm tone, "Xu Yanfeng, I don't know what you've heard. There's no point dwelling on the past now."
Xu Yanfeng's voice was a little cold: "Then what do you think is meaningful?"
Xia Xi was speechless and hung up the phone in a hurry.
In the car, Xu Yanfeng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, lit a cigarette, looked at his phone which had turned off, laughed at himself, and threw the phone into the armrest box with a little more force, causing a loud noise.
"What did she say to you?" Xu Junmo sat in the driver's seat, tapping the steering wheel with one hand. His eyes swept over his brother's face. Anyone could tell he was in a terrible mood. "She didn't want to come down to see you?"
Xu Yanfeng was feeling dejected. Since there was no one else in the car, he didn't need to hide his feelings. It showed on his face: "She said that there's no point in dwelling on the past now."
Xu Junmo pondered for a moment, chuckled, and exclaimed: "What she said is quite philosophical."
Xu Yanfeng gave him a cold look. Which side was he on?
"Sorry, I forgot to consider your feelings." Xu Junmo surrendered.
It was boring to smoke, so Xu Yanfeng put out the cigarette, pushed the door and got out of the car. He looked up and counted the floors. The car stopped at the tenth floor. The row of windows was black and the lights were off.
Xu Junmo also got out of the car, holding onto the roof. He didn't know which floor Xia Xi lived on, so he casually glanced upwards and asked Xu Yanfeng, "Do you know which apartment she lives in?"
"Know."
"If you want to see her, just go up and knock on the door." Xu Junmo saw many people coming in and out, playing outside with fairy wands. They could get in by showing off their access cards.
Xu Yanfeng turned his head away and looked at him coldly: "And then woke up the whole house, and her mother, sister, and younger sister came out to watch?"
"Just ignore what I said." Xu Junmo touched his nose and advised him, "Since you're sure she won't come down, let's go back. Xu Da Lao Hu should be asleep by now, so it's just right for us to sneak back."
Xu Junmo returned home to spend the New Year with his parents. At the New Year's Eve dinner, Xu Guanshan brought up an old topic, asking when he planned to get married. Xu Junmo choked and couldn't eat. He remained unmoved, insisting he would never get married, and in turn, urged Xu Guanshan to stop entertaining such thoughts.
Xu Guanshan was so angry that his face turned black and he slammed the chopsticks in his hand on the table.
Zhong Yinghong stepped out to smooth things over, saying that it was not easy for a family to have a reunion dinner and that they should not ruin the atmosphere.
Xu Guanshan took her words in a little, suppressing his anger. Less than three minutes later, the wrath turned to Xu Yanfeng. Xu Guanshan was more direct, telling him to choose a date himself and that he must get married to the daughter of the Ling family this year no matter what.
Xu Yanfeng was also very tough. He left after saying "I won't get engaged to Lingyan".
As soon as he left, Xu Guanshan's anger had nowhere to go, and he was sure to take it out on Xu Junmo. Xu Junmo was no fool, and as if his butt was on fire, he jumped up from his chair and chased after him, under the pretext of trying to persuade Xu Yanfeng.
On New Year's Eve, the two brothers were stranded on the streets.
Just then, Tang Yizhuo called and said that they were getting together at the entertainment club they often went to, where they would all celebrate the New Year together.
Xu Yanfeng was not interested and refused. Then he asked Xu Junmo to send him here.
It was almost one o'clock when the two brothers returned home. They tiptoed in, but found that Xu Guanshan was not asleep. He was sitting in the living room, waiting for something to happen, with a cigarette between his fingers.
There were a lot of cigarette butts piled in the ashtray on the coffee table, and next to it was a pot of tea sitting on the electric stove. The tea soup poured out was rich in color, and it was obvious that it was a strong tea, the kind that would refresh the mind.
Xu Junmo's forehead throbbed, a bad feeling in his heart. He glared at Xu Yanfeng frantically. What should he do now? The big tiger wants to eat people!
Xu Yanfeng was more steady than his brother. He walked calmly to Xu Guanshan and asked, "Dad, what's the matter?"
Xu Guanshan turned his head and looked at the dumbfounded Xu Junmo: "You, get out of the way."
It only took a second for Xu Junmo to transition from despair to ecstasy. He felt like he was reborn. He could hardly hold back a smile. He nodded to Xu Guanshan, walked towards the elevator, and did not forget to look back and give Xu Yanfeng a sympathetic look.
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