In a video game arcade.

In front of the basketball machine, there stood a little boy who was about eight or nine years old. Next to him stood a boy and a girl. They looked like a family of three.

The pitiful cry of the little boy just now made Mu Ci, who was having fun playing whack-a-mole nearby, and Chu Xi, who was looking at her with pitying eyes as if she were a fool, turn their heads to look over.

"Linlin, a real man won't shed tears easily. Come on, it's just a ball! Watch daddy throw it in for you." The man next to him saw that his son was crying so miserably, so he had to join the fight himself.

So he tried twice, but not a single one went in.

Mu Ci: ???

Chu Xi: ???

I thought this dad was a king, but I was too naive.

Then, as expected, the child, who was originally shocked by his father's momentum, was caught off guard by this move and ended up crying even louder.

“…”

Headache.

Mu Ci rubbed his temples, glanced at Chu Xi, and hinted.

Can you solve this situation?

Chu Xi lazily raised his eyelids, pinching the two long ears of the cute and ugly bears covered in white rabbit skins that he had grabbed from the claw machine when he was bored, without making any movement.

Seeing that he looked like he didn't want to get involved in other people's business, Mu Ci shrugged.

Then he continued to hit the mole madly with the hammer in his hand.

Chu Xi: "..."

He felt that if he was hit a few more times by this guy, the whack-a-mole would probably be made into a few more holes.

"Su Muci, stop for a moment."

Chu Xi called out, and Mu Ci stopped what he was doing, looked up and glanced at him casually, and then saw him throwing a bunch of dolls that were in a mess into her arms.

Mu Ci subconsciously took them and was forced to hold these little things in his arms. He looked up at the daddy of these cute and ugly dolls with a confused look on his face.

Chu Xi put the other things on the ground temporarily, then rubbed his wrist, walked to Mu Ci and spread out his hands.

Mu Ci was a little confused: "What?"

Chu Xi raised his hand and tapped her forehead, a look of helplessness appearing on his face.

"Play money."

"oh oh!"

Chu Xi took the game coin from Mu Ci, then walked to the basketball machine, inserted the coin, and took the ball to shoot.

With a few clang sounds, the difficulty increased little by little with his rhythm, and the speed at which the basketball hoop swayed left and right also increased little by little.

However, Chu Xi's movements were as smooth as flowing water, both standard and handsome.

In the end, every ball fell into the basketball hoop accurately.

The little boy who had been crying miserably just now was now so frightened that he could not move at all. He just stared blankly at Chu Xi's casual and handsome figure shooting the basketball, his eyes full of amazement.

Seeing Mu Ci like this, Chu Xi even whistled in his heart.

It was rare for Chu Xi to look serious at this moment, without his usual casual demeanor. Every look and every movement while shooting exuded an irresistible charm.

At this moment, Mu Ci noticed that Chu Xi secretly shook her right hand lightly, and her brows were slightly frowned.

Before she could say anything, there was a burst of cheers and applause from the side.

"Big brother is so awesome!"

It was the little boy who was standing next to me just now.

Chu Xi turned around, thinking that he would come back directly, but unexpectedly he slowly walked to the side of the little boy, then squatted down, gently rubbed his hair, and then, rarely did he have a dull face as usual, and his tone was flat but unusually gentle.

"Your father is right. A real man should not shed tears easily. Do you understand?"

The little boy hummed.

"Do you like basketball?"

"like!"

It seemed that the handsome figure of Chu Xi shooting the basketball just now had left a very deep impression on the little boy's mind. When he looked at Chu Xi and even spoke, his eyes seemed to be shining.

"Then I want to tell you, since you have your own goal and have chosen your direction, you must move forward courageously towards that goal. Even if difficulties knock you down, it is something you like, so you must not cry. You must protect it well, no matter how hard it is."

The little boy didn't seem to understand, but he nodded vigorously anyway.

"Yes! Big brother, I will try my best!"

Chu Xi stood up, ruffled the little boy's hair again, then smiled politely at his parents who were standing behind him, then turned around, picked up the things on the ground, and pulled Mu Ci away.

After playing for another whole afternoon, Mu Ci's excitement gradually faded as his body became tired.

Mu Ci and Chu Xi were sitting on a bench next to the amusement park, waiting for Uncle Zhang to drive over here.

Mu Ci sat on the side, holding an ugly and cute white stuffed animal that looked like a rabbit or a bear in his hand. He pulled the long fluffy white ears of the rabbit and bear, glanced at Chu Xi who was holding a lot of things next to him, and quickly looked away.

As if intentionally or not, I casually said, "I hardly ever see you play basketball in school. Why? Don't you like it very much?"

Mu Ci's words were very firm.

Indeed, from what she saw at the basketball machine before, she saw Chu Xi with an unprecedented serious attitude and bright stars in his eyes.

When Chu Xi heard this, his hands, which were sorting out the mess, paused.

Do you like it?

It had been a long time since he heard the word "like" from someone else's mouth.

However, no matter how much I like it, I can't go on.

Chu Xi continued to work on his task, and then nonchalantly, as if he had no interest in what Mu Ci had just mentioned, he replied indifferently: "I can't say I like it, I just know how to play a little bit, most boys should know how to play a little bit, and don't you also know how to play basketball?"

After hearing his perfunctory words, Mu Ci knew that he probably didn't want to say anything, but waiting was the most difficult thing and it was really boring, so Mu Ci skipped the topic and asked casually.

"Why did you help that little boy today at the basketball machine? I don't think you'd be kind enough to do such a thing."

When Chu Xi heard Mu Ci ask this, the scene today flashed through his mind.

Mom and Dad went to the amusement park with their son.

His heart suddenly felt sour and sad, and even his chest, nose and eyes felt sour and sad.

Chu Xi suppressed the emotions that suddenly surged in his heart and said one word lightly.

"Quarrel."

Having said that, he seemed to feel that what he had said was not enough, and then added another sentence.

"He's too loud."

Mu Ci: “…”

I feel like you're talking nonsense, but I also think it's possible.

But...

Mu Ci thought of how Chu Xi smiled politely at the parents today, and he suddenly felt sad. He felt sorry for Chu Xi.

From such a young age, the people in this world who should have been closest to him all left him at the same time, leaving the well-behaved and obedient little boy helplessly trapped in his own world, licking his wounds bit by bit without saying anything.

I don't even dare to express the emotion of jealousy.

Chu Xi must miss his parents very much. Even if they were irresponsible in the past, they are still a support for Chu Xi.

But now, this greatest support is gone, and this person can only walk alone on the road at night.

Mu Ci tilted his head to look at Chu Xi, who was sitting next to him with an unclear expression. Suddenly, as if possessed by a ghost, he raised his hand and placed it on Chu Xi's head, then rubbed it gently.

Mu Ci suddenly rubbed his head. Chu Xi was so surprised that he turned his head to look at Mu Ci.

Being stared at so directly by someone, and by that irresistibly handsome face of Chu Xi, Mu Ci's face froze for a moment, then he stared at the fierce gaze, and then rubbed Chu Xi's head a few times, then he withdrew his hand, and then said calmly.

"The hair quality is good. Keep up the maintenance."

“…”

What the hell am I talking about.

Mu Ci withdrew his gaze and looked in another direction seemingly casually, but in his heart he was complaining a lot.

And because she deliberately avoided Chu Xi, what she didn't see was that after she turned her head, Chu Xi's posture did not change. He was still staring at Mu Ci as before, but at this moment, his eyes were complicated as he looked at Mu Ci's back, who was pretending to be calm.

A sense of familiarity suddenly surged in my heart, and a faint warm current slowly flowed through me.

It was almost dark at this moment, and the lights in the amusement park were dazzling.

On the bench under the light, the two people sat separately, with different moods and thinking about different things.

However, some things seemed to be changing little by little, invisibly.

After returning from the amusement park that day, Mu Ci estimated that the time was about right. The plot between the hero and heroine should have progressed a lot as expected. He had stayed at home for a long time and it was time to go back to school.

Then when Mu Ci just returned to school, she heard very good news.

According to various gossip reports, during the time when she was on leave from school, Qin Zichen and Ji Tongtong, her deskmates, seemed to be together often, and they were often seen going in and out of the school together, so it is highly likely that they are already dating.

!!!

This is so great!

The hero and heroine finally gave their best!

Okay! Now it's her turn as the female supporting role to give a big help!

The author has something to say: Wave the fairy wand~

Pat my head and you will fall in love with me!

Haha, that seems a bit silly. (Tilting head)