In the evening, after taking a shower, Wei Xu returned to his room to do his homework.
Although he has just been promoted to middle school, Wei Xu, as a member of the key class and the one who entered the second middle school with the first place in the grade, has much higher requirements for himself.
When Wei You went to his room at six o'clock, he was doing his homework. When he went to see him at seven o'clock, he was previewing his lessons. After eight o'clock, he was still concentrating on writing something.
Wei You stood by the door and looked for a while, then knocked on the half-open door, stepped in and asked, "Haven't you finished writing yet?"
Wei Xu quickly closed his notebook before he walked to the table, raised his head and said nonchalantly: "I have finished my homework and am writing in my diary."
Wei You was wondering what shameful things were hidden in his notebook and why it was put away so quickly. When he heard it was a diary, he understood.
He glanced at the leather notebook under Wei Xu's hand. This notebook was obviously different from the one he gave him before. It had a leather buckle and a line of words "gift from a certain bureau" on the top. He asked, "Which diary do you have?"
“This is the fourth one.”
“Do you write every day?”
Wei Xu nodded without hesitation.
Wei You showed a surprised look and couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praised: "Amazing."
He sincerely admired her, thinking back to his first diary as a child, in which he gave up after writing less than half of it.
Admittedly, discovering that his mother had been reading his diary was one of the reasons why he gave up, but the main reason was that he was too lazy to write.
Wei Xu can actually persist in writing a diary for such a long time every day. With this self-discipline and willpower, I don’t say he will achieve great things in the future, but he will definitely not do too badly!
"By the way, I came here to give you this." Wei You placed a small black leather jewelry box next to him.
Wei Xu glanced at the gift box and raised his head: "What is this?"
"I missed your birthday this year, so I'm giving you a birthday present to make up for it." Wei You said, "Open it and see if you like it."
"Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't give a gift..." Although he said this, Wei Xu honestly untied the ribbon on the jewelry box.
When the lid was lifted, a silver necklace was seen lying quietly on the black velvet.
Wei Xu's eyes widened slightly, he lifted the necklace, and the relatively heavy pendant slid to the bottom, revealing a small moon with a hollow center.
"Why is it the moon?" Wei Xu asked with a blink.
"No reason, it's just that this pattern is a little plainer than the others." Wei You took the necklace, put his hands around his neck and buckled it, and adjusted the position of the pendant, saying, "If your school doesn't allow students to wear messy jewelry, this is pure silver, so it shouldn't be a problem."
Wei Xu lowered his head and picked up the pendant to take a look. The crescent silver moon shone brightly in the light of the lamp. He raised his head again: "Is that all?"
"It's just like this. If you must find a reason..." Wei You pondered for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and said, "The moon has been a symbol of homesickness since ancient times. Seeing the moon will inevitably make you miss your hometown and relatives and friends. Just think that I was thinking of you at that time."
Wei Xu seemed quite satisfied with this explanation, with a hint of a smile on his face.
"Okay, I've given the gift away, so I won't bother you anymore," Wei You said, "Just continue writing, and go to bed early after you finish. I'm going to take a shower."
Wei Xu nodded and said "hmm", then turned sideways and watched him go out.
As he was about to leave the room, Wei You suddenly turned back and asked, "By the way, what time will you get up tomorrow?"
"Five fifty."
"So early!" Wei You was a little surprised.
"Well, the school is a little far away. It takes fifteen minutes to get there by bike." Wei Xu explained, "Boarding students usually arrive in class before seven o'clock."
"This is too hard." Wei You vaguely remembered that he also got up very early when he was in junior high school, but probably not as early as Wei Xu.
Of course, it may also be because he is lazy and usually enters the classroom when the morning reading bell rings.
Sure enough, sooner or later I will have to make up for the laziness I showed back then.
Wei You sighed.
"Okay, I'll take you to school tomorrow morning and walk you through the route so that I don't have any idea where your school is when I go to look for you later."
Wei Xu was stunned for a moment, then responded "Okay".
Thinking about getting up early tomorrow, Wei You set an alarm after washing up, read a book for a while, turned off the lights and lay down.
When I closed my eyes, my hearing became more sensitive and I could clearly hear the sound of Wei Xu brushing his teeth and washing his face in the bathroom.
Recalling today's experience, he inexplicably felt a sense of melancholy and relief.
He thought that this was probably the feeling of being a parent. Unknowingly, the child had grown up and no longer needed his patient guidance step by step. He had his own ideas and ways of dealing with things, and could live well on his own even without his care.
With this confused feeling of happiness, Wei You soon became conscious and was about to fall asleep in a daze.
At this moment, there was a crisp sound of a door opening.
He was awakened by the sound of the door opening. He squinted his eyes and looked forward. Sure enough, he saw a slender figure standing at the corner of the bed.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
Wei Xu hugged the pillow and said, "I want to sleep with you."
"You're already this old, and you still want to sleep with me?"
"Isn't it possible, brother?"
Knowing that Wei You couldn't see him, Wei Xu still lowered his head and looked at him with pleading eyes.
When Wei You heard the word "brother", his heart softened immediately.
As the child grew up, the way he addressed himself changed too. Today he always calls himself a short "brother". Now when he hears this "brother", it immediately brings him back to the time when he was eight years old.
A cute little boy who would stick to his legs and call him "brother" all day long. Wei You felt mostly sorry for Wei Xu at that time and didn't think how cute he was. Now when he thinks about it, he really misses him a little.
Thinking of this, he lifted the quilt and said, "Just tonight, you can sleep by yourself from now on."
After a pause, afraid that he might misunderstand, she explained, "You get up so early every day, and sleeping with me will wake me up."
"Then I'll only come and sleep with my brother on weekends."
"That's not necessary."
Wei Xu pretended not to hear, put the pillow at the head of the bed, and then lay down on the bed.
With one more person coming in, Wei You suddenly realized that the five-meter-wide bed was not enough for everyone to sleep on. He once again sighed in his heart that the child was growing up so fast.
"I say, you are already such a grown-up, don't hold me in your arms when you sleep, it's too hot."
Wei Xu was about to grab his arm, but he had to withdraw his hand and said in a muffled voice: "I just turned thirteen, am I still old?"
"Fourteen-year-olds are criminally responsible."
Wei Xu curled his lips.
After being quiet for a while, he suddenly asked, "Brother, are you thirty years old this year?"
Wei You almost choked on his saliva: "Why am I thirty years old?"
"In 2005, you told me you were 25 years old."
Wei You was speechless for a moment.
Wei Xu turned his head to look at him: "Isn't it?"
Wei You didn't know how to explain, so he just responded, "Yes, I'm thirty."
Wei Xu added: "But I feel like you haven't changed at all. You haven't aged at all. You're exactly the same as before."
Wei You thought to himself that if it were real time, only a few days had passed, it would be strange if he had changed at all.
Wei Xu whispered to himself, "Will my brother still look like this when I'm in high school?"
"Maybe. I age slowly." Wei You didn't want to discuss this with him, so he turned his back and said, "Brother, I'm sleepy. Stop talking. We have to get up early tomorrow. When you were young, you slept less and were still full of energy. I can't handle that at my age."
Wei Xu actually wanted to chat with him for a while, but since Wei You said so, he could only shut up and go to sleep.
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