"Brother?" Wei Xu handed him a cup of water.
"It's okay." Wei You drank two sips of hot water to calm his cough, then turned on his phone and asked him, "What did you do last night that made you sigh like that?"
When Wei Xu saw what he had posted on the screen, his face suddenly flushed. His face was so thin that it turned red from his ears to the base of his neck, like a cooked shrimp.
"I... seem to have read some book." He explained hesitantly.
Wei You couldn't help laughing and scrolled down, and found that this boy was really popular in the circle of friends. Just such a meaningless exclamation actually received more than 30 likes.
There are many replies below, such as "Loving someone always brings scars", "I want a love that will make me risk my life for it", "Many times it's not that I don't love you anymore, it's just that it's been too long and I'm tired", "Never fall in love with someone who doesn't love you", etc.
Wei You found it funny and painful at the same time, and shook his head and said jokingly, "You young people are really sentimental!"
"Actually, I seldom post this kind of stuff." Wei Xu tried hard to maintain his innocent and cute image.
"I understand. At your age, it's normal to feel sad and unconventional occasionally." Although he said so, Wei You was now more and more curious about Wei Xu's inner world.
Since they were almost done eating, Wei You simply put down his bowl and chopsticks and sat on the sofa to check his phone. Before leaving, he did not forget to warn Wei Xu: "Don't block me in your space."
"I really didn't post anything..." Wei Xu said weakly.
He didn't lie. Wei You flipped through the posts and found that Wei Xu only started posting updates in the last half month, that is, after he got a new phone.
Except for the one last night, the others were relatively normal, mostly reposting some popular humorous pictures and sad songs.
"Brother, why don't you have any?"
When Wei You was reading Wei Xu's updates, Wei Xu also tried to fight back. However, when he opened Wei You's space, he found it was empty.
"I don't post on Space, so of course it's gone."
Wei Xu pursed his lips, feeling that he had lost a great opportunity to learn his brother's secret.
Wei You glanced at Wei Xu's expression and felt a little proud.
Brat, you still want to catch him. This account was newly created by him. It would be strange if you can find anything about him!
He pulled the page back to what Wei Xu had posted last night, and unkindly took a screenshot and saved it.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a "crackling" sound, as if someone was setting off firecrackers downstairs.
Probably to divert attention, Wei Xu deliberately exaggerated the movement of his body and walked to the window, pushed open the glass window and looked down, then turned back and said to Wei You: "They are setting off fireworks."
"It starts so early?"
Wei You turned off his cell phone, stood up and walked to the window. He glanced at the street downstairs and saw several adults and children setting off firecrackers and fireworks around a pile of snow on the side of the road.
Children play with fairy wands, while adults set off cone-shaped fireworks. After the fuse is lit, golden sparks will spray out from the top like a fountain!
It gets dark early in winter. It’s not even six o’clock yet, but the sky is already gray. The flashing fireworks and the burning fairy wands in the children’s hands are particularly dazzling in the twilight.
"When I first came here, you were only this big," Wei You looked at the children downstairs and began to reminisce about the past for no reason. "No, you might be even smaller than them, maybe only up to my thighs."
Wei Xu looked at him sideways: "Is he that short?"
"About the same." Wei You said in a casual tone, glancing at his hands on the windowsill, and added: "Your hands were also very small at that time, and your fingers were soft. Every time I held your hand, I was afraid of pinching you."
"And now?"
Wei Xu stretched out his right hand in front of him with his five fingers spread out. Each finger was white and slender, with distinct joints, clean and beautiful.
Wei You covered it with his left hand, and after comparing it, he found that the boy's hand was almost as big as his own. He couldn't help but sighed: "This is unscientific, how come your hand grows so fast?"
"I don't know, probably the same as my height, it suddenly grew taller." Wei Xu answered, and suddenly inserted his five fingers into Wei You's fingers and squeezed them lightly.
His palms were warm and dry, but Wei You felt inexplicably sticky and pulled his hand out without leaving a trace.
Wei Xu seemed to have done this intimate gesture casually, with a faint smile on his face, without any sign of embarrassment.
A cold breeze blew across my face, and the air was mixed with the smell of burning gunpowder.
Wei You touched his nose and asked him, "Do you want to go back and check now? I seemed to hear the door closing next door just now. Your father should be at home."
Wei Xu was silent for a few seconds, then asked softly, "Can I not go?"
"Didn't we agree to go back and have dinner?"
"I want to accompany my brother."
"Who is accompanying whom?" Wei You laughed helplessly, but he had no other choice. Once the child showed his vulnerable side, he would soften his heart and compromise.
"Forget it. If you don't want to go back, then don't go back. Your dad may not care about you."
"So what are we doing tonight?"
Wei You thought about it. Logically, they should watch the Spring Festival Gala live on New Year's Eve, but they didn't have a TV at home, so they couldn't watch the Spring Festival Gala...
"Let's go to the movies." Wei Xu suggested.
"That's what I planned." Wei You turned around and sat on the sofa, turned on the computer and connected it to the projector and Bluetooth speaker, then looked up and asked Wei Xu who was standing next to the coffee table: "What do you want to watch?"
"Farewell My Concubine." Wei Xu blurted out.
Wei You raised an eyebrow, surprised by his choice: "I have downloaded this movie, but are you sure you want to watch a movie like this on such a festive day?"
"I heard a recommendation from a classmate and wanted to check it out."
"Okay, let's look at this."
Wei You found the video stored in the computer and opened it. After a while, the movie began to play, and a slightly dim and dull picture appeared on the screen.
Wei You got up, turned off the lights and drew the curtains, and the light in the room suddenly became very dim.
He brought a plate of cut fruit from the kitchen and placed it on the coffee table, then glanced at Wei Xu as he sat on the sofa.
The young man sat upright, his head slightly raised, and looked at the curtain with extreme seriousness.
It's amazing that kids of this age would be interested in movies of this kind.
Wei You frowned and sensitively smelled a hint of unusual smell.
Thinking back to the unusually frequent messages between Wei Xu and a female classmate during dinner today, and thinking back to the love and romance post she sent last night, Wei You couldn't help but make a guess...
Is this child falling in love too early?
If it was a movie recommended by a girlfriend or a girl you have a crush on, then it would explain why you watched it so carefully.
Wei You began to have doubts, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
After hesitating for a while, he finally said, "I say, you idiot."
"Hmm?" Wei Xu turned his head.
"You're not in a premature relationship, are you?" he asked straight to the point.
Wei Xu was somewhat surprised and replied: "Of course not."
"Is there anyone you like?"
Wei Xu blinked, paused, and then nodded.
Wow, it really exists!
Wei You tried not to look too serious and asked casually, "Who is it, from your class?"
Wei Xu shook his head innocently and said, "I like you, brother."
Wei You waved his hand and explained: "I don't mean this kind of liking, I'm asking if there is a girl you like."
"That's gone."
Seeing his calm look, Wei You breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a piece of cantaloupe with a fork, leaned on the sofa and started eating, saying, "It's okay, you can continue watching the movie!"
"Brother, do you suspect that I'm in love too early?"
"I'm just a little worried. You must be very popular in school." Wei You didn't say his guess. "Anyway, it's good that you don't have it."
Wei Xu stared at him for a while, his lips slightly opened, but in the end he said nothing.
The movie is nearly three hours long, which is quite long.
Perhaps he was a little tired of sitting there. Halfway through reading, Wei Xu leaned his body and rested his head on Wei You's shoulder.
Wei You glanced at him and didn't care.
After a while, the film entered a depressing plot. Wei Xu sat up straight, took a tissue and wiped his tears and nose silently.
Wei You had seen the movie, so he wasn't as upset as he was. Instead, he was surprised at the child's sensitivity.
He thought that children of this age might not understand what the movie was about.
During the last half hour of the movie, the sound of someone wiping his nose never stopped.
Wei You would not disturb him at this time, but just considerately handed him a tissue.
After waiting for a long time for the movie to end, Wei You turned on the light and turned around to see a layer of white paper towels on the trash can.
If he hadn't been here the whole time, he would have thought that Wei Xu was hiding away to watch some pornographic film.
Perhaps he felt it was a bit embarrassing to cry like this while watching a movie, the boy huddled on the sofa with his arms around his knees, his nose and eye sockets were red from being wiped with tissues, as if he had been bullied by someone.
Wei You poured him a glass of water and asked, "How do you feel? What do you think of the movie?"
Wei Xu took the cup of water and was about to say something when suddenly there were two loud bangs on the door.
Wei You shuddered all over and looked towards the door reflexively.
Then there were two more knocks on the door and a man shouting.
"Open the door and come out!"
"Open the door!"
"Damn it!"
"Don't hide in there for me!"
Wei You recognized the voice as Wei Shaodong's and was about to go over to check the situation when he was suddenly grabbed by the sleeve by Wei Xu.
"He's drunk and mad, ignore him." Wei Xu lowered his eyes, his tone a little cold.
"Is this okay?"
"This happened before when you were away. It will be fine after a while."
Wei You recalled Wei Shaodong's drunken appearance, hesitated for a moment, and sat back on the sofa.
Perhaps because no one paid attention, the knocking on the door gradually weakened after a while, and the fierce "come out" turned into a long, drunken and vague sound.
"What is he talking about?"
Wei Xu was silent for a moment and replied, "My mother's name."
After hearing what he said, Wei You realized that the two words the person outside had been repeating were "Youling".
"Your father seems to care about your mother very much."
"Perhaps."
"Are they divorced?"
Wei Xu shook his head and said, "She disappeared suddenly."
This "she" refers to Wei Xu's mother.
Afraid of touching upon Wei Xu's negative emotions, Wei You asked softly, "I've always wanted to ask, why did your mother leave?"
"I don't know," Wei Xu frowned, "I was very young when she left, so I don't remember anything."
"I suppose so."
After a few more minutes, there was no sound outside the door, nor was there any sound of the door closing next door.
Wei You opened the door and, as expected, saw the figure of a drunkard sitting in the corridor outside the door.
Wei Shaodong had fallen asleep with his eyes closed, but his lips were still moving and vague moans came from his throat.
His face was flushed with drunkenness, and when you got closer, you could vaguely see wet tears under his closed eyelids.
Wei You sighed helplessly, fearing that he would be frozen to death sitting in the corridor in the night cold, so he and Wei Xu had to carry him into the house.
Wei Shaodong was tall and strong, and he fell into a deep sleep. It took the two of them a lot of effort to put him on the bed in his own room.
This was the first time Wei You entered Wei Xu's parents' room. The room was unsurprisingly dark and damp, with items and clothes piled up in a mess. The air was filled with the smell of cigarettes and alcohol, and the air was filled with a decadent atmosphere.
Wei You kindly covered him with a quilt. Just as he took a breath, he turned around and was shocked to see two black-and-white photos of the old people.
"They are my grandparents." Wei Xu said.
Wei You exhaled, and his eyes lingered on the portrait hanging on the wall for a moment: "Are they all dead?"
"They left very early. I haven't seen them."
Talking about this kind of problem inevitably makes the atmosphere sad, especially when there is a drunk lying behind you, mumbling in a daze.
Wei You didn't want to make the child sad, so he pushed his shoulder and said, "Let's go. This room is so cold and you are wearing so little. Don't catch a cold."
Wei Xu nodded and followed him out.
When they returned to the bright and spacious home across the street, Wei Xu suddenly asked, "Brother, can I sleep with you tonight?"
Wei You turned around and met his gaze. Wei Xu's eyes were still slightly red, which made him look pitiful against his pale face.
Wei You couldn't bear to refuse, so he nodded: "Tonight is fine."
Hearing this, a clear smile immediately appeared on Wei Xu's lips, and his pure eyes became sparkling.
"Thank you, bro."
·
As it approached midnight, fireworks began to be set off outside, and the night sky was lit up by the fireworks, making it as bright as day.
Wei You didn't buy any fireworks, so he couldn't join in the fun. He could only stand on the balcony wrapped in a down jacket and scarf and enjoy other people's fireworks.
Wei Xu used his phone to count the time, and when it was twelve o'clock, he shouted to Wei You amid the deafening sound of cannon fire: "Happy New Year, brother!"
Wei You raised the corner of his lips, took out the red envelope he had prepared long ago and gave it to him, patted his head and said: "Happy New Year, our little melon boy has grown one year older."
"I'm fourteen years old." Wei Xu took the red envelope.
"I'm thirty-one years old." Wei You replied cooperatively, then looked into the distance and said with emotion: "Time flies so fast..."
Wei Xu stared intently at his profile, which was sometimes bright and sometimes dim under the fireworks, and then raised his head to look at the brilliant fireworks above his head. He didn't know what he was thinking about, but a faint smile appeared on his face.
·
After the Spring Festival, there is only a little time left of the winter vacation. After the Lantern Festival, the new semester will start soon.
Wei Xu packed his schoolbag the day before, so he could go out as soon as he put on his school uniform the next morning.
Wei You was awakened by the sound of washing coming from next door. He got up in a daze and went to the bathroom. When he opened the door, he ran into Wei Xu coming out of the second bedroom opposite with a schoolbag.
He glanced at the open zipper of the other person's school uniform and frowned: "Zip it up."
"I'm not cold."
"Is keeping warm or looking good more important?"
"It's really not cold. Winter school uniforms have cotton inside."
Wei You simply walked forward and helped him zip up his neck.
"I still have to ride my bike, and I'm not afraid of catching a cold."
"I understand." Wei Xu pursed his lips and did not dare to resist.
Wei You was deceived by his well-behaved appearance and turned into the bathroom with confidence. When he came out of the toilet, Wei Xu had already changed his shoes and was ready to go out.
"I went to school."
Wei You waved his hand and was about to go back to his room when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
He quickly took a step back and looked towards the door, but he only had time to see Wei Xu's silhouette closing the door. When the boy turned around, the flying corners of his school uniform looked particularly chic.
Tsk! This brat opened his zipper again.
Everyone had left, and it was too late for Wei You to chase after them. He could only mutter, "You little bastard, you're becoming more and more disobedient as you grow older."
·
The early mornings in March were still bitterly cold, and the air conditioner was not allowed to be turned on in the classroom before morning reading, so everyone had to close the doors and windows to keep warm.
Although the weather was cold, the atmosphere in the class was very lively.
Wei Xu walked to the front door of the classroom and could hear the enthusiastic discussions of several students who had arrived early through the door.
"It was Class 11's turn at the end of last semester, so it should be our class's turn to be on duty at the beginning of this semester, right?"
"If I'm on duty this week, I want to go to the cafeteria for inspection. I can eat early in the cafeteria."
"The weekly duty class can all go to the cafeteria to eat early, okay..."
"I don't want to supervise the class. It's troublesome to run around all the time."
"I want to go. I want to check out the ninth grade. There's a very good-looking senior in Class 908."
"The class monitor is here!" Someone shouted, and the classroom suddenly became quiet. Everyone turned their eyes to Wei Xu who came in from the front door.
"Monitor, this week is our class's duty week, right?"
Wei Xu walked slowly to his seat, looked up at his classmates who were looking expectant, nodded slightly and said "hmm".
In an instant, the atmosphere in the classroom became boiling.
Because of his weekly duty, Wei Xu was extremely busy on the first day of school.
As the class monitor, he has to keep an eye on the clock. He not only has to remind the students who are responsible for which type of inspection to go and do what, but also has to remind the teachers to end the class early when the time comes so that everyone can go to work.
And when a certain inspection is completed, he needs to take extra time to summarize everyone's inspection results and record them on the deduction lists of the three grades downstairs.
In addition, because the number of students in the class was limited, he himself had to wear a red armband and choose a class to supervise.
For convenience, he chose the key eighth grade class opposite his own class which was closer.
Unexpectedly, during the few minutes he spent checking the classroom hygiene during break, he received loving gifts from three senior schoolmates - a bag of chocolates, a can of candies wrapped in cellophane and two boxes of yogurt.
"If you find snacks, you will be deducted points." Wei Xu said expressionlessly.
"Don't be like this, junior. We gave you food because you are good-looking. It's too unfair of you to deduct points for doing this." Several girls surrounded Wei Xu at the door of the classroom with unbridled smiles on their faces, as if they were sure that Wei Xu would not do anything.
Indeed, if it were another male student, he would definitely feel embarrassed to lose points.
But Wei Xu was still ruthless and deducted 0.5 points from each of them on the scoreboard in front of them.
On the way back from the hygiene inspection, Wu Suxi caught up with him holding the scoreboard and whispered, "I just heard a few seniors say they want to stop you after school and teach you a lesson."
"Oh." Wei Xu said in a cold tone.
"Aren't you worried? Even though it's a key class, there will always be a few students who are not very good at it."
"It's okay." Wei Xu looked like he didn't care.
Seeing how calm he was, Wu Suxi thought he had his own way of dealing with the situation, so she stopped talking and asked another question: "Have you read the novel I recommended to you during the winter vacation?"
Ever since Wei Xu was discovered by Wu Suxi while reading a BL magazine in his seat after class, she has regarded Wei Xu as a fellow enthusiast and would recommend novels of this type to him from time to time.
"Which one?"
"Don't Run Away, My Substitute Lover. That's the online novel."
"I haven't seen it." Wei Xu thought to himself that it was such a tacky name that he didn't want to watch it the moment he heard it.
"You should go and watch it, it's really good!" When talking about this topic, the girl raised her mouth unconsciously, "The main CP is sweet and abusive, the top is very handsome, the bottom is very beautiful, and they are a perfect match. Then there is a secondary CP that I like very much. Can you imagine, they are a pair of half-brothers, so it's very abusive. Every time I see their part, I cry my eyes out."
"A pair of what?" Wei Xu couldn't believe his ears.
"Brother," Wu Suxi responded, and seeing that his class was right in front, he spoke faster, "It's really touching. You should go and see it anyway."
After saying that, he ran into the classroom first.
Wei Xu stopped and turned her words over in his mind, with a strange look on his face.
When they returned to the classroom and put down the scoreboard and confiscated snacks, Du Shao surrounded them and said, "I heard from Wu Suxi that some senior girls from the eighth grade planned to block you after school. Why did they block you? Are they going to form a group to confess to you?"
"Because I deducted points from them." Wei Xu said.
"Hiss—that's not a confession!" Du Shao exhaled softly, "You want me to accompany you home after school? But we are not on the same path!"
"It's okay. I have a solution."
"What is the solution?"
"Anyway, I have a way, don't worry about it." Wei Xu glanced at the wall clock next to the blackboard and reminded him, "Class is about to start, hurry back to your seat."
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the class bell began to ring.
Du Shao had no choice but to suppress his sense of justice and return to his seat. Before leaving, he did not forget to say very proudly: "If you have any problems, come to me, brothers. Don't force yourself to take it. We have to save our reputation as the class flower!"
Wei Xu curled the corner of his mouth and jokingly said in a low voice, "How stupid."
·
The last class before school is over is a self-study class. The head teacher sits on the podium. The classroom is silent except for the sound of writing.
Wei Xu was doing his homework with his head down when suddenly a ball of paper was thrown onto his desk.
When I opened it, I saw Du Shao's handwriting, which read: "You really don't want me to go back with you?"
Wei Xu raised his eyes and glanced to the left front, and Du Shao was turning his head to look in his direction.
He shook his head and mouthed "no thanks".
Seeing that he was indeed quite calm, Du Shao turned back with relief.
Wei Xu threw the paper ball into the trash can and looked up at the clock on the wall.
There are still twenty minutes until school is over, it's time to get ready.
Wei Xu closed the pen cap, calmly took out his cell phone from the drawer and put it into his school uniform pocket, then stood up, walked to the podium, asked for leave from the head teacher, turned around and strode towards the bathroom.
Two minutes later, Wei You, who was lying in the rocking chair in his bedroom reading a book, suddenly heard several QQ notification sounds.
There is only one person who will send him QQ messages.
Wei You was wondering why Wei Xu was still playing with his phone at school, so he took out his phone and opened it. Sure enough, it was a message from the other party: [Guazi: Help me, brother. I accidentally offended the senior girls. They threatened to block me at the school gate and teach me a lesson. I’m a little scared! ]
【Guazi: Can you pick me up after school? 】
[Guazi: If you don’t come to pick me up, I won’t be able to go back... [Poor][Poor][Poor]]
The author has something to say: Diary of a melon kid
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Snow
My brother saw the post I made on my space. Oh my god, so embarrassing!
Fortunately, I reacted quickly and quickly covered the matter.
Apart from this accident, I was still very happy today’s New Year. I put up Spring Festival couplets with my brother, made dumplings, had a New Year’s Eve dinner, and watched a movie I had always wanted to see.
Even though it was a bit embarrassing that I cried while watching the movie, my brother never laughed at me at all. He was so gentle.
But it is really tragic to fall in love with someone who doesn't love you.
... (Two hundred words of film review omitted here)
Let’s not talk about this anymore. In the new year, I want to be the first person to say Happy New Year to my brother.
Also, if there are fireworks at night, remember to make a wish.
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