"Haven't you hugged me enough? My body is all wet, don't make your pajamas dirty."
"Wash it after it's dirty~"
Xiao Xiao groaned in dissatisfaction and rubbed her little head against her brother's arms again.
"Brother, I haven't seen you in months."
Don't know what's going on.
Listening to her sister's soft tone, Xiao Yi's fatigue suddenly disappeared at this moment.
Xiao Yi's home is on the outskirts of the city.
It's not that he can't afford a house in the city center, but that he really likes the environment in the suburbs. After his parents passed away, Xiao Yi took Xiaoxiao to settle in a suburban town.
Maybe he didn't want to see the lights of thousands of houses, or maybe he didn't want to see the cheerful laughter of the neighbors next to the door, so Xiaoxiao was very sensible and didn't say anything.
Wherever her brother goes, she goes.
The brother and sister depended on each other and lived in this beautiful suburb of the city.
Fortunately, the high school the two of them attended was not far from here, and they didn't have to run back and forth to school.
The house is an old wooden house.
This kind of house is warm in winter and cool in summer. The only disadvantage is that over time, every time it rains, a smell of rotten wood will emit from the house.
However, the smell is not unpleasant and is very light.
"Brother, why are you back so late? It's raining so heavily and it's so unsafe on the road."
After enjoying his brother's embrace, Xiaoxiao obediently went to the bathroom to get hot water.
Seeing the little girl twisting her hips and swaying her ponytail, Xiao Yi couldn't help but want to laugh.
If there is one last place in the world where his soul can rest.
Then there is only this little family and this little girl.
After washing up, it was getting late at night, because Xiaoxiao had to go to school tomorrow, so Xiaoyi didn't say much to her.
However, Xiaoxiao stayed in the bedroom and refused to leave.
"What? Are you not sleepy?"
"I want to sleep with my brother!"
Strictly speaking.
Xiaoxiao hugged the blanket and pouted, refusing to get off the bed no matter how Xiaoyi pushed her.
"You are already a grown girl, but you still sleep with me. Are you ashamed?"
"Hmph, I don't care. Anyway, I slept with my brother when I was little."
Xiao Yi rubbed his head and felt a little headache.
The flute is small and the person lives up to its name.
She is small, about as high as Xiao Yi's chest, and looks very much like a kitten.
And she also seems to have inherited the characteristics of cats, being particularly clingy.
Perhaps it was her childhood experiences that made her extremely sensible. Little girls her age are living in ivory towers, enjoying the care of their parents.
But Xiaoxiao has become the mistress of the family, taking care of Xiaoyi's daily life and keeping the little family in order.
She doesn't have any special hobbies.
I just stay at home and don't go anywhere except going to school.
Because Xiao Yi is a grade above her and gets out of school late, but no matter what time she gets home, there is always steaming food on the dining table.
Xiaoxiao, on the other hand, was sitting on the sofa watching TV with her doll in her arms. Occasionally Xiaoyi came back late, and she could be seen lying on the sofa with her eyes squinted, fast asleep.
For no reason, Xiao Yi's heart softened in an instant.
"Okay, then you are not allowed to kick the quilt at night. You liked to kick the quilt when you were a child. I remember that you caught me cold many times because you were not good at sleeping."
"Well, that was when I was a kid. It's so stingy to still remember this, huh."
Covering her little face, Xiaoxiao huddled under the quilt.
In fact, Xiao Yi knew that she didn't like kicking the quilt.
But because she is extremely insecure, she always likes to curl up into a ball when sleeping, which seems to make her feel like she is being hugged.
The lights went out.
The room fell into darkness.
A few minutes later, Xiao Xiao's slightly crying voice sounded in the darkness.
"Brother, did you encounter something unhappy?"
"No, go to sleep~"
"Yes, yes, Xiaoxiao is not stupid. Xiaoxiao can see that his brother has changed a lot since he came back."
"Besides, it's not even the Dragon Boat Festival yet, and my brother came back early. It's still so late, and it's raining so heavily."
As he spoke, the tone of his voice had weakened, and the quilt was bulging.
"Go to bed quickly. You have to go to school tomorrow. Don't be late."
There was no sound from the side.
Just when Xiao Yi was feeling sleepy, a small hand suddenly reached into his quilt and grabbed his big hand.
"Brother, Xiaoxiao is here~"
"Hmm~"
Faintly, Xiao Yi fell into sleep.
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The morning sunshine warmly covers the window, and a ray of warm sunlight shines on the bed.
Xiao Yi woke up from her sleep.
I had a peaceful sleep this time, and the sky was clear after the rain outside the window.
When I got dressed and got up, the little girl beside me was nowhere to be seen.
Habitually, Xiao Yi touched the phone on the bedside table to check the time, but Xiao Yi touched a piece of paper.
Looking closely, I saw a few lines of small words written in delicate handwriting on the paper.
【Brother, I went to school.】
[There is breakfast on the table, don’t forget to eat it when you wake up.]
[Hehe, my brother’s mobile phone password has not been changed yet, Xiaoxiao has changed your screen background image.]
[Although Xiaoxiao doesn’t know who the girl is, it must be related to her brother’s unhappiness. Xiaoxiao doesn’t want his brother to be unhappy.]
[Open your phone and take a look~ (big smiley face)]
call.
For a moment, there was an indescribable feeling lingering in Xiao Yi's heart.
The room is filled with a light fragrance, which smells very good.
Looking out the window, the sun is dazzling and warm with a hint of moisture.
The sky cleared up after the rain, and a brilliant rainbow hung slanting on the skyline on the outskirts of the city.
Looking at it, Xiao Yi smiled.
On the screen of the mobile phone, a little girl with braids was riding on the neck of a big boy.
The little girl held a candied haws in her mouth, put her hands forward, pouted her little mouth, and made a charging gesture.
——————
Come to the living room.
Breakfast was already prepared on the table, so I kept it in a white porcelain bowl because I was afraid it would get cold.
While eating the breakfast carefully prepared by her sister, Xiao Yi clicked on her phone.
One night.
There are some things that really should be dealt with.
It's not that he was escaping yesterday, but that at that time he just wanted to go home and have a good sleep.
He would be indifferent to anything else, even if the sky fell.
As soon as I turned on the phone, I saw only a few roommates showing concern.
It’s Su Yunqing’s countless messages.
Xiao Yi did not click on it immediately, but chose to reply with relatively few messages.
[Jiang Qingyi: Xiaoyi, are you okay? 】
[Jiang Qingyi: I think there may be some misunderstanding between you and Yunqing.]
[Jiang Qingyi: She is sick. She is very ill. She woke up many times last night. As soon as she woke up, she asked you if you had replied to her message. 】
[Jiang Qingyi: If you don’t know how to tell her, I hope you can reply to me. 】